‘We're paying more than our mortgage on childcare'

‘We're paying more than our mortgage on childcare'

Hundreds of child care educators and parents attended rallies across the state on Wednesday to draw attention to what it would be like to have a “Morning Without Child Care” in Connecticut. In the crowd of more than 100 people who attended the rally in New Haven was Cora D’Alessandro. Her two young children attend a child care center in Branford. “We couldn’t be happier, but we’re paying more than our mortgage on childcare. It’s about $4,500 a m…

Child care advocates organize stoppage to send message for funding

Children play at The Growing Tree child care center in New Glarus. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner) For more than two years Wisconsin child care providers have been warning that failing to provide ongoing support will mean their fees will go up and their numbers shrink drastically. Starting Tuesday, some providers will try to give lawmakers and the public a taste of what that could look like — by staging a strike. Their goal is to persuad…

Child care advocates protest funding gap

Increasingly, for some parents, a second income in the family is impossible when paying, in some cases, as much as $14,000 per year for one child.