Understanding Infant and Toddler Child Care Deserts
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Description
Examines the availability of licensed infant-toddler child
care in 9 states and the District of Columbia, with a
focus on how rural communities are disproportionately
affected by a limited or complete lack of access to childcare services. Features discussion on consequences of childcare deserts and offers policy recommendations to increase
the supply of licensed child care.
Author(s)
Steven Jessen-Howard, Rasheed Malik, Simon Workman, Katie Hamm
Date
10/2018
Type
Document
Organization
Center for American Progress
Tagged as
Access · Child care · Children and youth · Families · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Indiana · Maryland · Mississippi · Montana · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Vermont · West Virginia