California ranks as the third least affordable state in the nation for childcare. Author: Lemor Abrams Updated: 7:04 PM PDT May 13, 2021
SAN DIEGO The cost of childcare has always been a struggle for working families everywhere. Now, more than a year into the pandemic, advocates say the industry is facing an unprecedented crisis which California lawmakers are racing to fix.
Across the state, the permanent closures of thousands of daycares are hiking up the costs of school and in-home child care and the ripple effect is proving to be a major setback for working women everywhere.
Judith Jamir loves being a stay-at-home mom to her 3-year-old daughter, Pia. But often finds herself searching for work that’ll pay her enough to cover the cost of preschool.