Even more troubling: Almost a quarter of parents report being fired because of difficulties accessing child care.
The inability to access care can force caregivers to have to leave work early, be late for work or miss days entirely. Affordability impacts accessibility, and the cost of child care has tripled since the publication of the first KIDS COUNT Data Book in 1990. The child care system's inadequacies hinder family economic mobility and perpetuate generational wealth gaps. Children are deprived of nurturing care, and caregivers are prevented from earning money to meet basic needs. Shift workers, single parents, student parents and families of color are particularly affected by the failings of the child care system. Disparities between who can and can't afford child care reflect long-standing structural inequities in the United States. Safe, reliable child care has largely been inaccessible and unaffordable for too many Americans. The State of Child Care in the United StatesĪmerica's child care system is broken. The report includes pre-pandemic figures as well as more recent statistics, and shares the latest information of its kind available. This year’s publication continues to present national and state data across four domains - economic well-being, education, health and family and community - and ranks states in overall child well-being. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT ® Data Book describes how the country’s lack of affordable and accessible child care negatively affects children, families and U.S.
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