We Are the Care Initiative
Resources and Useful Links
A list of resources and articles to better identify the need and cultivate ideas and solutions for San Luis Obispo County.
CHILD CARE CHALLENGE & COVID-19
- The cost of child care was already astronomical. In the pandemic, it’s ‘terrifying.’ (December 7, 2020)
- Child care centers don’t drive coronavirus infections, national study shows (October 14, 2020)
- COVID-19 Has Nearly Destroyed the Childcare Industry—and It Might Be Too Late to Save It (September 8, 2020)
- The big factor holding back the U.S. economic recovery: Child care (July 3, 2020)
- The Coming Child Care Crisis (June 30, 2020)
- The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming. (May 15, 2020)
- California child care providers struggle to stay in business (May 11, 2020)
- After Coronavirus, Nearly Half Of The Day Care Centers In The U.S. Could Be Gone (April 24, 2020)
- Coronavirus Pandemic Could Lead to Permanent Loss of Nearly 4.5 Million Child Care Slots (April 24, 2020)
- If America Doesn't Invest in Childcare, Who Will Watch Our Kids When We Go Back to Work? (April 23, 2020)
THE CHILD CARE CHALLENGE
- San Luis Obispo County Child Care Planning Council: Needs Assessment (2018-2022)
- San Luis Obispo County Child & Family Data 2019 California Child Care Portfolio
- The US and the High Cost of Child Care, A Review of Prices and Proposed Solutions for a Broken System (2018)
- When child care costs more than a mortgage (2019)
- A majority of child care workers in California paid so little they qualify for public assistance programs (2018)
- KSBY New: The Price of Paradise February 11, 2020
- KSBY News: Businesses look to solve childcare crisis for their employees December 10, 2019
- Atascadero News: ‘We Are The Care’ Coalition Forms to Tackle Child Care Crisis November 27, 2019
- KSBY News: SLO Co. supervisors approve study on affordable childcare November 5, 2019
- New Times: SLO County agencies team up on child care study October 31, 2019
- Central Coast Voices: We are the Care: A community initiative to address the local child care crisis September 5, 2019
- KSBY News: Where's The Care? Town Hall May 29, 2019
- New Times: Where's the care? Local families confront high costs, limited options for child care March 28, 2019
EMPOWERED BUSINESSES
SUPPORTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
City of Gonzales, CA: Community adds health and wellness changes to its General Plan (2018) San Carlos, CA: Making way for child care in San Carlos: Officials peg developer fees, streamlined permits to increase facilities (2017)- Colorado: SB19-063 Infant And Family Child Care Action Plan (2019)