San Diego County wants to help find solutions to the child care crisis. The plan aims to help parents looking for affordable care and give providers a livable wage.
San Diego County wants to help find solutions to its child care crisis. Today, county leaders published a blueprint on ways to address the issue. KPBS reporter Tania Thorne says the plan aims to help parents looking for affordable care as well as give providers a livable wage.on ways to address the issues on Tuesday. The plan aims to help parents looking for affordable care, as well as give providers a livable wage.
At child care centers, the ratio of staff to children has to be small, so that kids get the care they need. But that means child care businesses have to hire a lot of staff, which costs money. If they raise their rates, parents can’t pay, so providers have to balance those rates with paying staff as much as possible.
Connie Serrano, the owner of Sunshine’s Preschool Academy, said she’s always trying to balance affordability.“Parents are working and half of their income is paying towards child care,” she said.showed almost half of children under 5 whose parents work, have no available licensed child care option. It also found almost 70% of children who are eligible for a subsidy are not enrolled in a subsidized child care program.
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