Report Finds Access to Quality Child Care is Vital to Women’s Economic Security
The Women’s Economic Security Campaign (WESC) released a report this week calling for more public and private support to help the nation’s low-income women gain access to quality early care and education. The report also looks at efforts to increase wages and training for women in the early care and education workforce, which is 96.4 percent female. The report, Child Care Matters: Building Economic Security for Low-Income Women, argues that without affordable, reliable child care, the nation’s low-income working mothers have little chance of finding good jobs and staying employed. Child Care Matters examines pending federal legislation and public and private efforts that would have a significant impact on the availability of quality child care for low-income women.
http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/sites/wfnet.org/files/WESC/Improving-Access-to-Child-Care.pdf