Effective planning for responsive child care depends on these data. Affordable child care is still not available in many communities and long waiting lists for subsidies continue to exist. Parents do not always know about the range of services available to low-income working families with children. Promote the design and development of a universal early childhood financing system. Inadequate compensation of those who work in child care centers and as family child care providers affects the current and future work force.
Low compensation discourages professional development and accelerates staff turnover.
Infants and toddlers especially need stable caregivers and teachers in quality programs to maximize their physical, intellectual and emotional development. In addition, create reimbursement rates for subsidies care sufficient to cover the cost of hiring and retaining well-qualified caregivers. Early care and education programs and financing are disjointed and segmented. Many programs with multiple funding sources reduce the potential for cost efficient and effective service delivery to children and parents. State-level entities shall engage partners from among state organizations that will build an effective and responsive child care system.