Experts SayChildcare System Is Broken
“America’s childcare system is broken,” according to an annual state-by-state report card showing a real struggle in Missouri and nationally with lack of affordable and accessible childcare. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says the data book says that childcare costs have risen 220% since the publication of the first Kids Count report in 1990. Lisa Hamilton, the president and CEO of the organization, has some suggestions for Missouri…
Kids Count researchers say childcare workers are paid less than 98-percent of professions.
(From Missourinet)