Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski said 54% of people in Wisconsin lack accessible child care. She got that statistic from a study regarded as one of the best available.
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An area of the state was labeled a desert if there were more than three children for one licensed child care facility slot in a given U.S. Census tract. Nevertheless, researchers regard the methodology and its findings as reliable and reflective of the child care crisis facing Wisconsin and the United States.During the worst of COVID, a wave of child care facilities closed, some for good, and Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs dataWisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, a Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful, has taken up the pain felt by mothers across the state as she tries to appeal to working families.
And what does the definition of a"child care desert" in the study cited by Godlewski include — and what does it leave out?When asked for backup, Godlewski’s campaign pointed to research from Rasheed Malik, director of early childhood policy at the progressive think tank Center for American Progress, which foundThe Center for American Progress has produced regular reports on child care access in the United States and operates, which displays child care access, or the lack thereof, as a...
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