Impact your entire community with improved access to quality child care
Impact your entire community with improved access to quality child care
High-quality child care is essential to Kansas’ economic and social well-being. By improving the quality and availability of child care in our state, we can watch as our communities and our youngest citizens start to thrive. Join us in our goal to reach every child, every family, and every Kansan.
Enhance provider support.
Expand parental options.
Spread child care awareness.
Challenges To Overcome
Challenges To Overcome
In many Kansas communities, there are not enough child care providers to meet the demand — which can make the availability and cost of care out of reach for some working families. But, increasingly low pay and high poverty rates threaten an already diminishing child care workforce.
Median annual wage for child care workers
Early educators are paid 4.3% less than K-8 colleagues
Early educators’ poverty rate is almost double the state average
Nearly 30% of early educators say they can’t afford the things they need
A majority of Kansas children under 6 live in a home where all adults work
Kansans often live in child care “deserts”
Nearly 40% of counties have only 1 slot for every 10 kids
Care center tuition is 1.3x more expensive than in-state college tuition.
1 Reference: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ks.htm
2 Reference: https://kschildrenscabinet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Needs-Assessment-2021-Update.pdf
3 Reference: https://cppr.ku.edu/using-data-collaborative-tool-child-care-crisis-kansas
Take action for children and families
Take action for children and families
You have the power to advocate for more quality child care options in your community. From sharing what you learn with your network to taking steps to expand care in your community, you can make a difference starting today.
