Child care providers, parents and families across the country advocated for affordable child care and better pay and working conditions for providers with a Day Without Child Care on Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS — Child care providers, parents and families across the country are advocating for affordable child care and better pay and working conditions for providers with a Day Without Child Care.
Local childcare providers closed their doors Monday to draw attention to what they believe is a national crisis in the childcare system. "Our workers can make more money in fast food, they can make more money working at a warehouse, they can make more money doing anything else other than the critical necessity of child care," Kelly Dawn Jones, Owner of L.O.V.E Your Child's Care in Indianapolis said.1. An equitable child care system, built on racial and gender justice"We are living in poverty," Jones said.
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