Since a recent survey showed nearly 9 in 10 parents said a candidate's position on child care access and affordability would help determine their vote, it's no wonder both major contenders are talking about how they're going to help lower the cost of child care.
The only sustainable solution to high costs is to make child care more efficient and productive, thereby encouraging more providers to enter the market and, in turn, driving down costs for parents.
Many of the parents of the kids going to daycare don't have college degrees; does that make them unfit to care for their own kids? Strict requirements to become a child care worker discourage people from going into the profession to begin with, resulting in lower supply and higher costs.
Most parents probably feel that they do their own research on child care providers and keep a close eye on how they take care of their children, so they have no need for a state stamp of approval.
Currently, only 3% of the licensed child care capacity in the state consists of home-based care.
States could not only reduce the cost of child care, but also boost compliance with basic safety regulations, by exempting home-based child care from most zoning restrictions.
Reforming child care regulation is an effective way of expanding Americans' access to affordable child care without having to spend a single taxpayer dollar.
https://issuesinsights.com/2024/10/26/government-gets-in-the-way-of-affordable-child-care/
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