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Quality Affordable Child Care for All Families

The Issue

CLACKAMAS COUNTY NEEDS 11,000 CHILD CARE SLOTS IN ORDER TO NO LONGER BE A CHILD CARE DESERT.

In Clackamas County, less than 15% of children under 2 have access to a child care slot. This is preventing many adults from being able to return to work, which has greatly contributed to the workforce shortage that is preventing the economy from being able to fully recover from the pandemic. At the same time, child care providers are having a hard time keeping and hiring staff. Wages are low and requirements are high making it less desirable than other jobs. This, unstable funding and difficulty finding and renovating facilities to meet licensing requirements create great challenges for existing or potential child care businesses, which further undermine efforts to expand child care services to meet current needs. Child care issues more heavily impact women as child caring responsibilities often fall on women, keeping women out of the workforce, particularly in communities of color. It also happens that the majority of child care providers are women, many of whom are struggling and are often low-income themselves.

Our Vision

  • All families in Clackamas County will have access to quality, affordable child care that meets their unique needs. 
  • Coming together as a community to identify solutions to existing gaps in services   
  • Centering families and child care professionals in all decisions made  

 

Strategic Plan

  • Increase Opportunities for community feedback
  • Mobilize municipalities, cities, county to identify child care as a priority
  • Launch A child care provider sector partnership
  • Develop tools for increasing the number of child care facilities and support for the industry
  • Develop ECE Apprenticeship and other training pathway programs

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Goals

 Every child should have access to early care and education. Parents can enroll their child in an arrangement that supports child’s development and meets the parents’ needs.  

Our Mission

Every child should have access to early care and education. Parents can enroll their child in an arrangement that supports child’s development and meets the parents’ needs. ​

We can do this by: ​

  • Elevating the issue​
  • Identifying solutions​
  • Creating the largest network of childcare advocates​
  • Leverage and grow funding​
  • Collective Impacts!

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