Preschool-aged girls make their way across a balance beam outside The Birds Nest Early Learning Village in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
August 26, 2022
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Local child care gap worsened by low wages
Low wages deterring people from pursuing early childhood education careers represent an obstacle to bridging the local child care gap that is keeping parents out of the workforce, business advocates and child care providers say.
Grants assist in growing child care options
Finding child care in the Flathead Valley can be stressful for parents as a lack of spaces brings long wait lists. At the same time, business leaders face their own challenges as employees miss work because of gaps in the system and are often unable to recruit untapped workers who can’t secure child care.