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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks Monday outside Here We Grow Child Care Center in Cortland. Schumer visited Cortland to discuss the $1.8 billion New York will get for child-care centers as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Photo: Colin Spencer / Cortland Standard
May 05, 2021
Cortland Standard
To understand the importance of child care in a community, one could ask a parent, or perhaps a teacher. But perhaps one should ask an employer, too.
“The lack of affordable child care in our community has a direct and negative impact on the ability of our workforce to obtain and keep jobs,” Ames Linen President Johanna Ames wrote Monday in a letter read to Sen. Chuck Schumer in Cortland. “To advance and grow with a company, one must be consistently present. Many workers worry about availability of safe, reliable childcare and ultimately choose to exit the workforce because they could not obtain such care.”