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A mother pushes her child on a swing, and two children play in the background.

Child Care Crisis in Child Care Series

Keeping the Pressure On: What’s Ahead and Who’s Left Behind in Changing the Child Care System

Back in the spring, Jessica Heavner was feeling anxious. She had a new accounting job…

Joy BorkholderDecember 22, 2021

Child Care Crisis in Child Care Series

A Deep Divide in Beliefs Keeps the U.S. Child Care System Fractured

Barbara Risman has studied gender, family, and work for about 40 years. In child care,…

Joy BorkholderDecember 12, 2021

Child Care Crisis in Child Care Series

Deeper Impacts: The human toll of a broken child care system

It’s hard to get an economy moving again when almost half of your potential workers…

Joy BorkholderNovember 17, 2021

Child Care Crisis in Child Care Series Investigative Reports

The Real Costs of Child Care in America

In Washington state and across the country, the financial realities of child care are like…

Joy BorkholderNovember 2, 2021

A child sits on a blanket outside, on grass, and reads a picture book while three family members play in the background.

Analysis Child Care Crisis in Child Care Series

Crisis in child care

For parents and providers, the dollars just don’t make sense. Despite multiple challenges, single mother…

Joy BorkholderJune 23, 2021