A late addition to the budget would provide $7.5 million for Alaska child care centers, but providers say more support is needed. (via AlaskaBeacon)
aimed at boosting child care, which is co-sponsored by members of the mostly Democratic House minority caucus.
It didn’t pass this year, but Coulombe said she’s hopeful for more movement on the child care issue when legislators reconvene next year.Blue Shibler is the executive director of the Southeast Alaska Association for the Education of Young Children. She said child care centers are struggling despite intense demand for services.
That sentiment was echoed by Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Cathy Muñoz in April. “The lack of affordable and accessible quality childcare is a significant workforce challenge,” she said in a press release., 77% percent of Alaska parents reported missing work because of child care challenges.
“A woman said to me, ‘As soon as I knew my pregnancy was viable, I started looking for child care,” Eubanks recounted. “She’s literally looking at losing her job. And she’s a professional woman losing her career because she cannot go back to work.”
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