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Frontline workers in the coronavirus need dependable child care
By Stephanie Dolivera
Penn Live
Finding and affording quality child care was a problem prior to this current crisis - often serving as a barrier to employment for many potential workers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recently estimated the economic cost of insufficient child care in Pennsylvania to be $3.5 billion annually.
Pennsylvania child care centers at ‘breaking point’ due to mandated COVID-19 closures
By Kate Giammarise
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The system is “truly at a breaking point,” said Cara Ciminillo, executive director of Pittsburgh-based advocacy organization Trying Together, speaking Tuesday on a conference call with reporters.
Providers are being hammered by a combination of an already fragile infrastructure and staffers who often earn low wages…
PA child care providers dealing with ‘a lot of really, really sleepless nights and hard decisions’
By Ed Mahon
PA Post
Child care providers across Pennsylvania face a choice in response to the state’s efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus: Close their doors, or seek permission to stay open.
Both options present risks.