H-7124 (Diaz) & S-2847 (Cano) Child Care is Essential
Why Focus on Child Care? Families need access to affordable, high-quality child care so parents can work, and children can learn and thrive. Experts agree that 9 out of 10 families cannot afford child care. Because middle-income families cannot afford the cost of quality care and government subsidies are inadequate, the median wage for a child care educator in Rhode Island was $13.97/hour in 2022.
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