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The Child Care Workforce (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Sept. 10, 2001
Report Number RL31118
Report Type Report
Authors Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The possibility of achieving an ample supply of good quality child care at affordable prices is in part linked to conditions in the labor market for child caregivers, which is the focus of this report. After defining the characteristics of those who comprise the child care workforce, the report analyzes the actual and projected employment pattern of paid child caregivers. The earnings of the child care workforce are next examined. The report closes with a review of existing initiatives intended to improve the wages and benefits of the child care workforce.