So with costs up elsewhere
for food and fuel
how are working families
who depend on childcare
likely to respond to
these tuition hikes?
I think families
around the state right now
are sitting around tables
like this asking themselves
does it make sense for
one of us to keep working?
If it makes sense
should we work part time
instead of sending our child
to a licensed childcare program
down the street?
Perhaps we should entertain
a grandparent, a neighbor
because the cost of care is
just becoming unaffordable
to the point where
those who have the means
to access it will
and those that don't
simply will be
sort of like
priced out of the market.
Because what kind of
tuition increases could we be
talking about in general?
So, 75% of childcare providers
answered this question, and
they said we will have to
raise our tuition rates
at least $25 per week.
That's between
$2,000 and $3,000 per year.
And it's already
pretty expensive.
It's already, I think
at the point where
some families can no
longer afford it.