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2023-25 Executive budget request for new investment in child care as a workforce solution
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Why is Child Care a Workforce Solution?
By addressing child care issues, we can help relieve workforce pressures across industries. When quality child care is available and affordable, it’s easier for parents to work.
North Dakota Strategy
Addressing child care as a barrier requires a comprehensive approach that tackles all three elements of the child care dilemma: Affordability, Availability and Quality. (Click on the words Affordability, Availability and Quality, below to learn more.)
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Benefits
- Invest in families with children ages 0‐3 and the child care providers who serve them.
- Grow opportunities for kids in the year before kindergarten.
- Support sustainability and success of child care entrepreneurs committed to quality.
- Help working families choose to stay working without forcing them to sacrifice quality experiences for their children.
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North Dakota is making quality child care more available and more affordable to more working parents by making an impact investment in young children.
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ND Child Care Proposal
- $73 million
- 4 - 5,000 children
- 700 ‐ 800 child care businesses
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