Amid the pandemic and inflation, many Bay Area families with young children are still struggling to find childcare. The lack of available spots, along with the cost, has prompted many working women to quit their jobs.
Meet Lily Marquez and her kids - 5-year-old Mia and 6-year-old Jeremiah. These San Franciscans are among the many faces in the Bay Area of child care troubles.Lily was a financial aid counselor at a local university -- emphasis on was.
Even without a mortgage payment to contend with Lily never actually found room in a preschool for Jeremiah. Amie Latterman is the Chief Advancement Officer with the Children's Council in San Francisco. The organization helps 20,000 families a year find and fund childcare."It can take more of your income to have two kids under five in childcare and preschool than it does to pay your mortgage or your rent. It's actually more expensive than housing," Latterman told KPIX 5."We haven't seen all those people come back to the workforce yet, because the solution is not there yet.
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