Child Care and Economic Development

Reliable access to affordable, high-quality child care ensures families can participate in the workforce, strengthening the economies of communities. The two sectors are well poised to partner and support one another. The child care and community and economic development sectors share common goals. Specifically, both are working to create and sustain healthy, thriving communities. The work of both sectors interacts with and influences one another.

Child Care Aware of America’s (CCAoA) is working to inform and support community-based organizations, like Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) and other intermediaries, that are seeking to build bridges between child care and community and economic development.

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