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The Child Care Dilemma

A look at Rhode Island child care centers as they struggle to find qualified employees.

12/01/2021

Rhode Island PBS Weekly

The Child Care Dilemma

Clip: Season 2 Episode 48 | 10m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

A look at Rhode Island child care centers as they struggle to find qualified employees.

Rhode Island PBS Weekly's Michelle San Miguel looks at a child care industry in crisis as a result of a staffing shortage. With employees leaving in droves for better-paying jobs, parents are struggling to find quality, affordable child care. It's a problem that is unfolding not only in Rhode Island but across the country, with President Biden vowing to make child care more affordable.

12/01/2021

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