The majority of parents feel their provisional childcare arrangement is unsustainable.
The COVID-19 public health crisis has been a wake-up call for many to the role of the childcare industry in our lives. Thirteen million working parents rely on this industry to care for their children while they do their jobs. In many cases, working parents will not be able to return to work if their childcare programs are unable to reopen.
Prior to the pandemic, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation demonstrated that childcare was essential to our economy. In the fall of 2019, we studied the economic impact on states and employers when the childcare system breaks down through a series of reports. What these reports found was staggering – billions of dollars lost annually during a time when unemployment was low and economies were strong.
In June 2020, the U.S. Chamber Foundation surveyed working parents from across the country to understand the impact that childcare has on their ability to return to work.
