Contributing writer Clint Combs reports on Minnesota’s growing child care crisis, where 87% of day care centers say the industry is in crisis and families like Annel Velasco’s have spent $120,000 on child care, as advocates call for structural reform and universal child care.
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Child care crisis heats up over high costs, low wages
Child care workers in Minnesota are struggling to afford the high costs of child care, with the state’s wage statistics revealing that Black or African American workers make up 13% of the workforce in child care, and the federal funding freeze has threatened the funding for child care assistance.