Tens of millions of parents are grappling with what to do for child care during the pandemic — and it's magnifying inequities. Some are stepping back from work. Others are turning to in-home day cares, or 'pandemic pods' with tutors.
For school-aged children who don't have a family member to watch them for free,are the most common option, according to a recent policy analysis by the Urban Institute. But the pandemic has shut many of those as well, because the group sizes are too large for social distancing and cohorting, or because they've lost access to public school buildings, or both. That leaves the next most popular option: in-home day cares.
"The long term vision of our company is to get more people to actually start their own home daycare," says Jessica Chang, the CEO of WeeCare. WeeCare is a platform that works sort of like a Lyft for in-home day cares, making thousands of these businesses searchable and helping with overhead like marketing and billing.
Maria Jensen, the owner-operator, helped him get in touch with the principal at his older daughters' public school to make sure they would have computers to do their schoolwork. When school starts remotely Aug. 10, Jensen will oversee them while they study. "We're definitely hearing that there is demand and providers are getting calls from parents as school districts release their plans for the fall." But even as demand is growing, supply is in danger of falling. Child care providers who lost headcount and revenue during shutdowns are in danger of losing not only their businesses but their homes. Without a bailout, says Renew,"It's really sort of looking over the edge of a cliff.
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