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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday morning in Los Angeles, a young mother dropped off her 2-year-old and 4-year-old at a child care center located in a neighbor’s home. It was the 2-year-old’s birthday, so she also brought a treat for the staff and kids: a “Cars”-themed red velvet cake, the child’s favorite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then she went off to her job as an office cleaner. The child care provider never saw her again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was picked up,” said the provider, Adriana, who asked to be identified only by her first name because although she is a legal resident of the U.S. she fears wrongful deportation. She also asked not to name the mother and children. “The kids were saying, ‘Where’s mommy? Where’s mommy?’ It was hard for us providers to explain. It was heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigrants has taken a particularly high toll on the child care industry – both for families and providers. In California, \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/blog/nearly-half-a-million-early-childhood-educators-are-immigrants/\">almost 40%\u003c/a> of the workforce is foreign-born and more than a million parents — immigrant and otherwise — rely on child care providers so they can go to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Absenteeism and empty classrooms\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several recent reports have found that since Trump beefed up immigration enforcement, child care centers have lost staff — immigrants who are afraid to come to work — as well as immigrant parents who are afraid to drop their children off for fear of being arrested and separated from their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/brief/immigration-policies-harm-ece/\">One study\u003c/a>, from the Center for Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley, found the effects to be wide-ranging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A daycare worker hugs a child in a play room at her child care facility in San José on Oct. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The administration’s policies targeting immigrant populations not only harm the immigrant (early childhood education) workforce, they also have the potential to destabilize the already-fragile ECE system that immigrant and nonimmigrant children, families, and ECE professionals rely on,” the authors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of staff and revenue has \u003ca href=\"https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/documents/ICE_and_Child_Care__Media_1-Pager.pdf\">affected all families\u003c/a>, not just immigrants, because it means the already-tight child care market has shrunk even further, according to New America, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aggressive immigration enforcement has already caused closures, empty classrooms, and absenteeism in day care centers in some communities,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigrant-workers-childcare-crisis/\">according to a report \u003c/a>by the American Immigration Council, a research and advocacy organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Bigger than we can imagine’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California is home to about 1.7 million babies and toddlers, the vast majority of whom spend at least some time in child care while their parents work. Some are enrolled in licensed day care centers, some have nannies, and others have informal arrangements with neighbors or family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tightening of the child care industry has been an extra burden on families who are already juggling the demands of work and home life. Child care is \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californias-child-care-crisis-high-unmet-need-and-regional-disparities/\">expensive and hard to find\u003c/a> in California — the immigration crackdown has made it even harder.[aside postID=news_12070762 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/240911-CHILDCARE-REAX-MD-01_qed.jpg']“The impact, especially on women, is bigger than we can imagine,” said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, which advocates for early childhood education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s the children who might suffer the most, she said. Not only are some missing their regular child care providers, but those with immigrant parents may be experiencing stress at home and a disruption of their routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids benefit from going to child care. That’s a healthy, safe place for them to be,” Lozano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lozano’s group encourages immigrant families to make a plan for their children in case a parent is arrested, and inform the child care provider. The group also reminds child care providers they shouldn’t allow immigration enforcement officers into a child care center unless the agents have a signed judicial warrant. Early Edge California and other groups have published a website, \u003ca href=\"https://allinforhealth.org/safe-schools/\">All in for Safe Schools\u003c/a>, that offers guidance to schools and child care centers on how to help immigrant families and LGBTQ students. In addition, the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 30,000 chid care providers in California, also provides resources for immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Know your rights, have a plan, be prepared,” Lozano said. “And talk to your kids about it in a way they can understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Locked doors, pulled shades\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, where 34% of the population is foreign-born, the immigration crackdown has had a noticeable effect on families and child care providers, even though the county has not seen significant immigration enforcement compared to other regions, said Kym Johnson, chief executive officer of BANANAS, a nonprofit child care referral and family resource service in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some child care providers are avoiding public places, such as parks and playgrounds, while some immigrant families have dropped out of playgroups or kept their children home from day care when immigration agents are spotted in the neighborhood, Johnson said.[aside postID=news_12069711 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00057_TV-KQED.jpg']At one playgroup in East Oakland, organizers started locking the door and closing the blinds to make families feel safe. 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The state could build upon \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/california-funding-trends-for-early-care-education-programs/\">its ongoing investments in child care\u003c/a> and work toward universal care for infants and toddlers, aged three and under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost could reach up to $21 billion per year to subsidize all families, but it would generate as much as $23 billion in economic output — essentially paying for itself — by allowing mothers of young children to rejoin the workforce, according to an analysis by the \u003ca href=\"https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/economics-market-early-childhood-care-and-education-california#15\">Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is not considering the many other benefits that accrue to the children themselves, to families and to society from having a robust, high-quality, well-functioning early childhood care and education market,” said Chloe Gibbs, a policy fellow at the institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.childcareaware.org/price-landscape24/\">Child care prices went up 29%\u003c/a> across the country from 2020 to 2024, according to Child Care Aware of America, a national network of child care resource and referral agencies. The prices outpaced overall inflation as increased demand for care collided with a worsening shortage of child care workers, \u003ca href=\"https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2025/october-2025-the-great-exit.html\">according to the business firm KPMG\u003c/a>, which noted that women with young children are increasingly working part-time, missing work or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061802/how-are-child-care-costs-affecting-the-lives-of-bay-area-families-you-told-us\">leaving the labor force entirely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071641\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1998px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071641\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251008-CHILDCARE-DISCRIMINATION-MD-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251008-CHILDCARE-DISCRIMINATION-MD-05_qed.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251008-CHILDCARE-DISCRIMINATION-MD-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251008-CHILDCARE-DISCRIMINATION-MD-05_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child care business owner holds one of the younger children attending her home daycare in Manteca on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Affordability concerns are front and center for American households, and that also means there is a political and policy window of opportunity to take strides,” said Neale Mahoney, an economics professor and director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Economists call child care an example of a market failure because the cost of providing care exceeds what families can afford to pay, resulting in an imbalance between supply and demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care for infants and toddlers is harder to come by and costs the most because babies require constant attention. Providers must maintain a low caregiver-to-child ratio, which limits capacity, but have a hard time retaining workers. Policy experts say subsidies can help close the gap between what parents can afford and what it actually costs to provide high-quality care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, Stanford economists estimate that California could subsidize infant and toddler care for low- and middle-income earners at a cost of between $4 billion to $8 billion per year, or between $12 billion to $21 billion to scale the subsidies to all families.[aside postID=news_12069711 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00057_TV-KQED.jpg']A universal “zero to three” child care program could allow more than 100,000 mothers of young children to join the workforce, they said. Stanford coordinated the publication of its policy brief with another by researchers at the University of California that outlines ways to build up the child care system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpip.uci.edu/files/briefs/zero-to-three.pdf\">paper by two early childhood policy experts\u003c/a> at UC Irvine and UC Berkeley lays out more than a dozen suggestions to build a child care system that works for families and child providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include consolidating more than a dozen funding streams for child care and simplifying eligibility rules to make it easier for child care providers to enroll families; making Head Start centers eligible for state funding so they can serve more children; cutting fees and easing zoning restrictions to get child care facilities up and running faster; and setting up a comprehensive online portal where families can find the kind of child care they need and providers can respond to market demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We don’t have anybody that’s looking out across California [for child care needs] the way we look at where we should build schools or where we should put bus stops or post offices,” said Jade Jenkins, a professor at UC Irvine’s School of Education. “If we provide families information in this online marketplace to make finding child care as easy as it would be to register for yoga … we could meet families where they are at and draw providers in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said modernizing child care information is one of several low-cost fixes the state can undertake to prepare for expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas called California’s cost of living “the single biggest threat to our future” and set up a select committee to focus on child care costs. He said now that California has fully expanded transitional kindergarten, also known as TK, to offer a free year of schooling for all 4-year-olds, it’s time for the legislature to focus on helping families afford child care for the youngest kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/231002-ChildCareLaborMovement-011-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A day care worker hugs a child in a playroom at her child care facility in San José on Oct. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The committee held three hearings last year but has yet to propose any solution. At a hearing held in Los Angeles, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312533574.html\">only one of 13 members of the committee showed up\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the most recent hearing in December, Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, who co-chairs the committee, told KQED that more time is needed to investigate which model of child care expansion works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been working on this ever since I came [to the legislature] in 2016, and I can see that we’ve got more work to do, but we got to do it right, and we just can’t be slapstick,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the quick buildout of TK led to \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/transitional-kindergarten-public-preschool-affluent-income-report\">unintended consequences\u003c/a>, including the closure of private or nonprofit-based preschools that lost their 4-year-old students to publicly-funded schools and struggled to pivot to serving younger kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8658266/dc85b370721c\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" style=\"overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguiar-Curry said New Mexico could offer universal child care because it has a smaller population and can draw on oil and gas profits to fund the initiative. 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"content": "\u003cp>When her almost 3-year-old daughter started going to a Spanish-language preschool in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> this month, Sarah Klevan’s child care expenses doubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just two afternoons per week of early learning costs $575 per month, but when tacked on to after-school programs, Klevan and her husband are already paying for their 6-year-old son, there was little room left in their budget for anything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next to the mortgage, child care takes a big chunk of the couple’s monthly expenses, even when she and her husband earn six figures as a policy researcher and public school librarian, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re really lucky to have family nearby [to provide backup care],” she said. “I really don’t think it would not be feasible for us to live here otherwise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is trying to make life a little more affordable for middle- and upper-middle-income earners like them by expanding access to child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069997\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069997\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00041_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00041_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00041_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00041_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Klevan (right), a mother of two, gets her daughter Bea (left) ready to be picked up by her grandpa in San Francisco on Jan. 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under a plan Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday, parents who earn up to $311,000 per year for a family of four, or 200% of the area median income, will qualify for 50% discount at \u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/early-learning-for-all/\">more than 500 city-funded early childhood education and care programs\u003c/a> starting in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a family of four earning less than $233,000 per year, or up to 150% of the area median income, will immediately qualify for free child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to remove a huge burden for working parents,” Lurie said Thursday at his state of the city speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He acknowledged that a family of four needs to earn over $160,000 a year just to meet their basic needs, and vowed to make San Francisco the first major city in the nation to offer universal access to child care.[aside postID=news_12069608 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/019_KQED_RichmondHousing_08162022_qed.jpg']“Families are being forced to make impossible choices — delaying having children, sacrificing savings, or leaving the communities they call home,” he said. “I will not let that be the future of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news offered relief for Klevan, who qualifies for child care subsidies under the new eligibility requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be a huge difference for our family,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subsidies will help her pay for more hours of preschool for her daughter, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than $550 million in unspent money and ongoing funds from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948690/business-tax-provides-crucial-funding-for-early-childhood-education-and-care-in-san-francisco\">commercial real estate tax that voters approved in 2018\u003c/a> will pay for the expanded subsidies. The goal of the tax measure, dubbed Baby Prop C, was to provide early education and care for all children under 5 years old. But revenue from the measure was tied up by a lawsuit that was resolved in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city began by first offering free child care to low-income families, then tuition assistance to families earning between 111% to 150% of the area median income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan also called for increasing the eligibility threshold to cover families making up to 200% of the area median income, but the city didn’t offer a timeline. 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The center’s closure, however, meant she had to take an unpaid leave to care for her 2-year-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am just stuck because I don’t have anyone to help me with child care,” Torres said. “It’s been super hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government was starting to reopen on Thursday, but the fallout of the longest shutdown in U.S. history will last longer for more than 200 low-income families who send their children to a Head Start program run by Encompass Community Services, the largest nonprofit in Santa Cruz County, and 95 teachers and staffers who were laid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encompass was the only Head Start grantee in California to close its classrooms during the shutdown after running low on government dollars. The agency was due to receive its annual funding on Nov. 1, but staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were furloughed and couldn’t process payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those federal workers are back at work, but it was unclear when Encompass will get funding to restart its program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Daisy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Daisy1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Daisy1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Daisy1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A shuttered Head Start center. \u003ccite>(Daisy Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re preparing to reopen, but we don’t know when that’s going to be,” said Kim Morrison, the agency’s chief financial officer and interim CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t know the timeline because about 140 other Head Start programs around the country are also awaiting new funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED asked a spokesperson for the federal Administration for Children and Families how long it may take for money to flow to Head Start grantees, they acknowledged the inquiry but did not have an immediate answer.[aside postID=news_12061802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-05-1-KQED.jpg']Adding to the uncertainty is that Congress approved a spending package that funds the government only through January. It’s unclear whether programs like Encompass will be fully or partially funded, said Melanee Cottrill, executive director of Head Start California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also a possibility at the end of January that we’ll be facing down another shutdown, which would be devastating,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encompass leadership tried to minimize the impact by partnering with the Pajaro Valley Unified District in Watsonville to temporarily care for Head Start children starting this week. The district held a job fair to try to bring Encompass employees on board. So far, about 20 families have opted in, Morrison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But laid-off teachers like Christina Mesta worry the partnership puts the agency’s federal grant at risk. The school district leases classrooms to Encompass to operate the program, and Mesta asserts that the materials and equipment in those classrooms hold federal interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without getting government approval of the partnership, she said, “they may take away the grant entirely, which would put the staff without jobs and families without services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot at stake because of this,” Mesta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iracema Torres plays with her daughter, Cataleya, at their Santa Cruz home on Nov. 12, 2025. The family is among more than 250 affected by the temporary closure of Head Start classrooms during the federal shutdown. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Morrison said the agency notified the Office of Head Start of the partnership and worked to ensure the arrangement is temporary, and that families and teachers who choose to go to those classrooms can come back to Head Start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are comfortable that we are not violating any kind of regulations that Head Start has in doing this,” Morrison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty weighs on Torres. She has less than a month to find another child care arrangement before returning to work. She said she has looked for openings at private child care centers, but the $1,900 to $2,200 monthly costs for full-time care is as much as her rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavriel Smith and his 5-year-old son, Timothy, outside the closed Natural Bridges Head Start Center in Santa Cruz on Nov. 12, 2025. The center was forced to close after Encompass Community Services’ Nov. 1 grant renewal was left unprocessed during the federal shutdown. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If I don’t have child care, then I don’t have work,” she said. “If I don’t have work, I don’t have money to pay my bills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other laid-off workers, like Gavriel Smith, who handles maintenance at the Head Start centers, said they’re praying funding comes through soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said he has filed for unemployment, applied for food stamps and is picking up handyman jobs to support himself and his 5-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m doing my due diligence for now,” he said. “But going into the holidays, I know it’s going to be tough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Adding to the uncertainty is that Congress approved a spending package that funds the government only through January. It’s unclear whether programs like Encompass will be fully or partially funded, said Melanee Cottrill, executive director of Head Start California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also a possibility at the end of January that we’ll be facing down another shutdown, which would be devastating,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encompass leadership tried to minimize the impact by partnering with the Pajaro Valley Unified District in Watsonville to temporarily care for Head Start children starting this week. The district held a job fair to try to bring Encompass employees on board. So far, about 20 families have opted in, Morrison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But laid-off teachers like Christina Mesta worry the partnership puts the agency’s federal grant at risk. The school district leases classrooms to Encompass to operate the program, and Mesta asserts that the materials and equipment in those classrooms hold federal interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without getting government approval of the partnership, she said, “they may take away the grant entirely, which would put the staff without jobs and families without services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot at stake because of this,” Mesta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iracema Torres plays with her daughter, Cataleya, at their Santa Cruz home on Nov. 12, 2025. The family is among more than 250 affected by the temporary closure of Head Start classrooms during the federal shutdown. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Morrison said the agency notified the Office of Head Start of the partnership and worked to ensure the arrangement is temporary, and that families and teachers who choose to go to those classrooms can come back to Head Start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are comfortable that we are not violating any kind of regulations that Head Start has in doing this,” Morrison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty weighs on Torres. She has less than a month to find another child care arrangement before returning to work. She said she has looked for openings at private child care centers, but the $1,900 to $2,200 monthly costs for full-time care is as much as her rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251112_HEADSTART_SANTACRUZ_GH-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavriel Smith and his 5-year-old son, Timothy, outside the closed Natural Bridges Head Start Center in Santa Cruz on Nov. 12, 2025. The center was forced to close after Encompass Community Services’ Nov. 1 grant renewal was left unprocessed during the federal shutdown. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If I don’t have child care, then I don’t have work,” she said. “If I don’t have work, I don’t have money to pay my bills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other laid-off workers, like Gavriel Smith, who handles maintenance at the Head Start centers, said they’re praying funding comes through soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said he has filed for unemployment, applied for food stamps and is picking up handyman jobs to support himself and his 5-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m doing my due diligence for now,” he said. “But going into the holidays, I know it’s going to be tough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Parents pay more for child care in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> than almost anywhere else in the country, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare/price-by-age-care-setting-2022&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1761685582830978&usg=AOvVaw29yG_HrebGaRIn8KFMNtQG\">National Database on Childcare Prices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED recently published a story about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055336/alameda-county-is-giving-cash-to-child-care-providers-other-bay-area-counties-are-envious\">how some Bay Area counties are addressing the crisis, and how others are looking into solutions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057125/tell-us-how-much-do-you-pay-for-child-care-in-the-bay-area\">We also asked you how much you pay for child care\u003c/a> and how it affects your financial and family-planning decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers were eye-popping, and the stories you shared were frustrating and painfully honest. Each one emphasized a common struggle to afford child care while keeping up with the cost of living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Some of these responses have been edited for length.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much are Bay Area families paying monthly for child care?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,200 for full-time toddler care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“The amount we pay in child care keeps us from looking to buy a home because we couldn’t also pay for a mortgage. We relied on family members to help with student loans for a little while.” — \u003cstrong>Colby\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,400 until baby turned 1 ½, now paying $1,915 for toddler care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Honestly, I feel a little traumatized from trying to find an open day care, the stress of the cost and then the fact that we were sick all the time. It makes me much more hesitant to have a second.” — \u003cstrong>Whitney Hall\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,500 for full-time infant care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061774\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Vaughan and her daughter, Hazel, play in City Park in Benicia on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My partner was laid off during his paternity leave, speeding up the timeline we needed to find child care. We found a home day care that recently opened and got the last available spot. It’s perfect for us right now except for the cost, which is more than our mortgage, and this was the second cheapest option! We’re taking it a month at a time and might move to part-time care to save a bit of money. —\u003cstrong> May\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$3,800 for in-home care for two kids, ages 4 and 2\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We decided to forego a couple of preferred child care options because their cost exceeded our budget. My husband took a lesser-paying job with a less demanding schedule to accommodate pickup and drop-off times. With two children in private child care, we are looking forward to the relative financial relief of public school.” — \u003cstrong>Jessica Hsu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2315 for a 3-year-old, $575 in after-school care for a 6-year-old\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Vaughan and her daughter, Hazel, play in City Park in Benicia on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Plus $100 to $150 per day for day camps, drop-in care or babysitters for the MANY professional development days and holidays when schools are closed but parents are still working. We make six figures, but we feel broke every month and are living beyond our means [because of spouse’s layoff].” — \u003cstrong>The Munoz Family \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$5200 for two kids, ages 10 months and almost 3 years\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“Luckily, we both have jobs right now that allow us to afford this, and we had a good amount of savings before becoming parents. But if one of us lost a job, keeping our kids in day care wouldn’t be feasible. Also, a career change to a more interesting but lower-paying career or going back to school isn’t really an option right now, because we have to keep our tech jobs to make day care even worth it.” — \u003cstrong>Yasmine Mortazavi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How are parents trying to make it work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Not considering buying a house, less vacations, less eating out, deciding to only have one child.” — \u003cstrong>Kala\u003c/strong>, who pays $1800 per month for part-time infant care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to minimize all other expenses, and to do our best to live within our means in order to pay for a day care center we feel comfortable with that best meets our child’s needs. Also, we had to wait until our first almost transitioned to TK \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989955/what-to-expect-when-enrolling-your-child-in-transitional-kindergarten\">[a free public school-based pre-kindergarten program\u003c/a>] before having a second baby since we can’t afford the cost of two overlapping at day care.” — \u003cstrong>Jeff Chan\u003c/strong>, who pays $2615 per month for his 3-year-old’s child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061770\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Cruz adds raspberries to her son Nolan’s breakfast on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have a mix of babysitters who are college students and grandparents to help care for our toddler. We also have flexible work arrangements, but that means we rarely have time together as a family, as when one of us is not working, we’re caring for our baby and vice versa.”— \u003cstrong>Ana\u003c/strong>, who pays about $1656 per month for child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My son was in a nanny share for the first two years of his life. I was working a six-figure nursing job, and it still didn’t feel like working was the better option. After taxes and 401K savings, half of my paycheck was going to our nanny. She deserves it and should be paid well for the work she does, but seeing that much money leave our accounts every month was tough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I recently left my job, and my son’s child care costs went down significantly when he started a part-time Pre-K program. I’m covering the cost by teaching dance. When our second kid comes into the picture, I plan to be a nanny, taking care of my baby and someone else’s child, while my older is in Pre-K. This choice is both personal and financial for me. It’s more worth it to make a little less money but be able to be with my kids more. I know not everyone has this option.” — \u003cstrong>Amy Cruz\u003c/strong>, who pays $1,600 per month for three days of Pre-K for her 2 1/2 -year-old son\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251028-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251028-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-04-KQED.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251028-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-04-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251028-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-04-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meaghan Johnson with her children in San José Del Cabo, Mexico, during their 15-month road trip in 2023 and 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cody McClintock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We decided it was cheaper and better to rent out our house in the spring of 2023 and travel on a bus through the Western U.S., Canada and Mexico with our two small children before they became school age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nothing about the 15-month trip was easy, but it was so worth it to be on a huge adventure as a family, and not be spending our full-time salaries on day care. We unplugged for a while, and it was awesome. We found a neat private school in Baja, so we went back and rented a small house in San José del Cabo for $1500 for 5 months. The school was half-Spanish, half-English and outdoors. It costs $900 per month for both kids to attend. I believe day care in Santa Cruz costs us $3200 per month. Now we’re back, kids are in public school, we’re working again and feel fulfilled by our time together.” — \u003cstrong>Meaghan Johnson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What advice do people have for first-time parents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Maximize your parental leave if you have it by taking it at different times. For example, I took my full leave immediately. My spouse took three weeks after the birth and then will finish his leave when I return to work. So our baby will be almost 10 months old before needing care. Since infant care is more expensive, this saves a lot of money.” — \u003cstrong>Heidi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nanny-share as long as you can and take advantage of family groups. Also, some childcare programs offer discounts if you can teach a skill. One of us always taught music classes for a discounted rate and that requires a flexible work arrangement. Many people we know wake up early (like 3 to 4 a.m.) to work from home while the kids are sleeping or have part-time child care from like 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., then provide child care until they fall asleep. Crazy! But it works for them and they feel like it’s worth it to be present for their children instead of hiring a nanny or paying for full-time child care.” — \u003cstrong>Heather Quinones\u003c/strong>[aside postID=news_12058949 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251008-CHILDCARE-DISCRIMINATION-MD-07-KQED.jpg']“My advice would be to tap into local Facebook mom groups. In Alameda, where I live, there is an infamous document created a few years ago with nearly every single day care option listed on a Google Sheet. It included crowdsourced details on costs, meals, schedule, age limits, languages spoken, ratios, etc. That’s how I found my day care arrangement. Also, in-home is usually cheaper than a center.” — \u003cstrong>Shiantel \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure the day care is transparent and allows parents the choice to walk in and see at any time. We’ve seen instances of continuously understaffed day care. Try and find out if they’re flexible with drop-off and pickup times if work requires flexibility.” — \u003cstrong>Paul \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My number one advice for stay-at-home parents: Gift yourself child care, even just a few hours a week. It will make you a better parent. It might save your marriage. It will certainly help save your sanity. It’s OK to need a break, to take care of yourself, and to have a few hours where you can have more than two consecutive thoughts without interruption.” — \u003cstrong>Monica Vaughan\u003c/strong>, who works part-time and pays $620 a month for 2 days of child care per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look for community mutual aid. Finding families who are open to swapping child care, pickups from school, etc., was one of the best things we’ve done to support the sustainability of our family.” — \u003cstrong>Lesley Paige \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Try to get on a day care waitlist the moment you find out you are pregnant — that might help your kid get a spot, but it won’t help with the fact that affordable daycare is not something our society values, and you will have to pay a ton of money to ensure your child is being cared for while you’re at work. Hopefully, we can work to create a world where our children won’t be burdened with day care costs in the same way we are.” — \u003cstrong>Yasmine Mortazavi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tell us: How much do you pay for child care?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXzIe1VspLGIBi0B8oelJqEYifr1IJZxE8U7IVVp4G77wZow/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much are Bay Area families paying monthly for child care?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,200 for full-time toddler care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“The amount we pay in child care keeps us from looking to buy a home because we couldn’t also pay for a mortgage. We relied on family members to help with student loans for a little while.” — \u003cstrong>Colby\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,400 until baby turned 1 ½, now paying $1,915 for toddler care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Honestly, I feel a little traumatized from trying to find an open day care, the stress of the cost and then the fact that we were sick all the time. It makes me much more hesitant to have a second.” — \u003cstrong>Whitney Hall\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2,500 for full-time infant care\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061774\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-07-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Vaughan and her daughter, Hazel, play in City Park in Benicia on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My partner was laid off during his paternity leave, speeding up the timeline we needed to find child care. We found a home day care that recently opened and got the last available spot. It’s perfect for us right now except for the cost, which is more than our mortgage, and this was the second cheapest option! We’re taking it a month at a time and might move to part-time care to save a bit of money. —\u003cstrong> May\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$3,800 for in-home care for two kids, ages 4 and 2\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We decided to forego a couple of preferred child care options because their cost exceeded our budget. My husband took a lesser-paying job with a less demanding schedule to accommodate pickup and drop-off times. With two children in private child care, we are looking forward to the relative financial relief of public school.” — \u003cstrong>Jessica Hsu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$2315 for a 3-year-old, $575 in after-school care for a 6-year-old\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-06-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Vaughan and her daughter, Hazel, play in City Park in Benicia on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Plus $100 to $150 per day for day camps, drop-in care or babysitters for the MANY professional development days and holidays when schools are closed but parents are still working. We make six figures, but we feel broke every month and are living beyond our means [because of spouse’s layoff].” — \u003cstrong>The Munoz Family \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$5200 for two kids, ages 10 months and almost 3 years\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“Luckily, we both have jobs right now that allow us to afford this, and we had a good amount of savings before becoming parents. But if one of us lost a job, keeping our kids in day care wouldn’t be feasible. Also, a career change to a more interesting but lower-paying career or going back to school isn’t really an option right now, because we have to keep our tech jobs to make day care even worth it.” — \u003cstrong>Yasmine Mortazavi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How are parents trying to make it work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Not considering buying a house, less vacations, less eating out, deciding to only have one child.” — \u003cstrong>Kala\u003c/strong>, who pays $1800 per month for part-time infant care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to minimize all other expenses, and to do our best to live within our means in order to pay for a day care center we feel comfortable with that best meets our child’s needs. Also, we had to wait until our first almost transitioned to TK \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989955/what-to-expect-when-enrolling-your-child-in-transitional-kindergarten\">[a free public school-based pre-kindergarten program\u003c/a>] before having a second baby since we can’t afford the cost of two overlapping at day care.” — \u003cstrong>Jeff Chan\u003c/strong>, who pays $2615 per month for his 3-year-old’s child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061770\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Cruz adds raspberries to her son Nolan’s breakfast on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have a mix of babysitters who are college students and grandparents to help care for our toddler. 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This choice is both personal and financial for me. It’s more worth it to make a little less money but be able to be with my kids more. 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"content": "\u003cp>After a yearslong holdup, Alameda County has started distributing funds from Measure C, a 2020 ballot measure that uses a half-cent sales tax to increase access to child care and preschool for the county’s youngest residents. Now, officials from other Bay Area counties are considering doing the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055336/alameda-county-is-giving-cash-to-child-care-providers-other-bay-area-counties-are-envious\">Alameda County Is Giving Cash to Child Care Providers. Other Bay Area Counties Are Envious\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC8128644045&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This transcript is computer-generated. While our team has reviewed it, there are errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:01:35] According to federal data, families in the Bay Area face some of the highest costs for child care. We recently put out a survey asking families in the Bay Area how much they pay for childcare and we got some really surprising answers. Some families were telling me that they pay $2,400 per month and it’s not even for full-time childcare. It causes them to have to make some tough choices. Like one parent has left the workforce to care for their kids or they’ve had to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:25] So Daisy, we’re talking today because Alameda County is throwing a bunch of money into the child care system. Where is this money coming from?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:02:34] So the money is coming from a half-cent sales tax known as Measure C, and it was something that voters passed more than five years ago to increase access to child care and preschool and also health care for the county’s youngest residents. The tax is expected to generate about $150 million per year, but a taxpayer group’s lawsuit, held up the money until recently. What’s interesting is that during these years of litigation, the county went ahead to collect the tax and placed it in a trust, so that money grew to about a billion dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] Oh wow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] Mm-hmm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:15] And now we’re at a point where this money is actually being distributed, right? Who are some of the people who are benefiting from this tax?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:27] It’s going into the hands of child care providers who are at risk of closing their doors. It could be a small business owner who rents a daycare out of their home, or it could be big child care center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:03:41] All the money I earn is for my daycare. It goes back in my day care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:46] Lisa Zarodney is a family child care provider. She’s been providing care out of her home in Livermore for the last 27 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:03:55] I love what I do and I’ve been doing it for song because I love it not because I make money off of it because I don’t pay myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:03] What did she tell you about, I guess, what the last few years as a child care worker has been like for her, especially since the pandemic?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:04:13] Fewer kids were coming to her home during the pandemic. And then I think even after the reopening, a lot of parents who were working from home kept their kids at home as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:04:24] And slowly but surely, a lot of these providers, including myself, are in jeopardy of closing their doors because we just can’t catch up from\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:04:36] And then there was this new program in California called Transitional Kindergarten, so some of the older kids, the four-year-olds, there are families who are choosing to take their kids out of her program and putting their kids in free school, right, public school. All those things made her programs under-enrolled, so she was losing money, but at the same she had to, you know, continue paying for her rent, her utilities. All the expenses that come with running a business out of your home. She said her credit card bill, she racked up up to $50,000 in credit card, and the way she was also just managing to get through this difficult financial period was drawing from her late husband’s insurance and retirement fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:05:28] But on the back end, I have to pay taxes on that. I can’t do anything with my own family and my own grandkids because I don’t have the money to enjoy a life outside of just taking care of kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Daisy first interviewed Lisa back in March of this year, when the funds from Alameda County’s Measure C were still being held up by lawsuits. But this summer, five years after voters passed Measure C, the County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to spend the money. And in August, Lisa finally got the help she needed. Daisy checked back in with her once she got the money So she’s among the folks who Measure C is supposed to help, it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:21] How much money did she get from Measure C and what did she say about how it helped her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:06:28] The county started issuing big checks. They are one-time emergency grants ranging from $40,000 to $100,000 depending on the type of child care provider. She received a $40,000 check in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:06:44] It was amazing. I couldn’t get the smile off my face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:06:48] You know, it didn’t completely reduce her credit card bill, but it reduced it to a manageable level because now the kids are coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:06:56] I just needed that one check. I got it. And now I can get new toys for the kids. I can outside stuff for the toys for kids. I can pay my back credit card bill that I’ve been paying on and living on. The interest alone will kill you. So it’s just so many things that are starting to come together. Mostly part of that is because of measure C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] She told me it was relief, it helped her stabilize and it took a huge burden off her shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:07:29] It was like finally something went right. After everything that I went through and with the possibility of shutting down and all the emotions, it was finally gonna be okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:42] How does the money given to people like Lisa, how does that trickle down to helping parents who are paying for childcare in the Bay?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:07:53] Well for Lisa, she thought she was going to have to close her business by the end of this year because she was facing so much debt. And a person like her leaving the field, it just creates more fragility in the system. What’s special about in-home daycare providers is that they are caring for kids sometimes around the clock or during weekends or evenings hours. So that really accommodate parents who might work a night shift. Those are the parents who really rely on that type of service. And when there are fewer of providers like Lisa, then parents are really in a better place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:38] And it makes whatever childcare options are left more expensive, it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:08:45] It costs a lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:52] Coming up, the other Bay Area counties looking for a local solution to the childcare crisis. Stay with us. How unique is what Alameda County is doing to address the childcare crisis in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:09:18] Alameda is not the only county doing this. It’s just the latest county in the Bay Area to distribute money from a dedicated tax. San Francisco has been doing the same, and for longer, it uses funds from a commercial property tax to offer families free or subsidized childcare, to add more childcare facilities, and to pay early educators a living wage. Sonoma County is also doing the same. It’s starting to spend funds from a quarter cent sales tax to offer some grants to early educators and to improve childcare facilities. Why are these local governments turning to tax measures in particular? These local governments are turning to local tax measures because state funding has declined. California has long used a tobacco tax to fund early childhood services, but as you know, that tax has declined as tobacco use has also declined. Federal funding for early childhood programs like Head Start are, you know, facing an uncertain future under the current Trump administration. So you know those are reasons why counties are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:44] Well, are other Bay Area counties interested in doing what Alameda County and I guess some of these other municipalities are doing to help the system of child care?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:10:58] In the Bay Area? Yeah, like Measure C in Alameda County or Baby Prop C in San Francisco, they’re seen as models for other counties that are looking for a local solution. In places like Marin County, like the cost of an infant care at a center has risen to $32,000 per year. Oh my gosh, that’s crazy. It is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Lucan \u003c/strong>[00:11:22] We’ve seen successful measures in San Francisco, in Alameda, in Sonoma County and there’s lots of questions around Moran if that’s the path to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:11:33] Eric Lucan is a Marin County supervisor. He’s also a dad. He has two young kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Lucan \u003c/strong>[00:11:40] On average, almost $2,000 a month is what we were paying. There was about a five-month period of time when my wife and I were paying that for both kids at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:11:52] He wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot. He was also involved in a similar effort in 2016, which failed. But he thinks this time the issue is gaining political momentum in Marin because child care costs has just become so expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jackie Speier \u003c/strong>[00:12:11] They’re choking on their costs and if they can’t make it here, they’re going to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] Jackie Speier is a supervisor in San Mateo County. She’s been really focused on the high cost of childcare in San Matteo County, because she’s also a grandmother and she’s seeing her children grapple with trying to find affordable and available childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jackie Speier \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] And in San Mateo County, there’s an annual loss of about $80 million due to childcare pickups that a family has. There’s about $775 million of lost economic productivity. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After a yearslong holdup, Alameda County has started distributing funds from Measure C, a 2020 ballot measure that uses a half-cent sales tax to increase access to child care and preschool for the county’s youngest residents. Now, officials from other Bay Area counties are considering doing the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055336/alameda-county-is-giving-cash-to-child-care-providers-other-bay-area-counties-are-envious\">Alameda County Is Giving Cash to Child Care Providers. Other Bay Area Counties Are Envious\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC8128644045&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This transcript is computer-generated. While our team has reviewed it, there are errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:01:35] According to federal data, families in the Bay Area face some of the highest costs for child care. We recently put out a survey asking families in the Bay Area how much they pay for childcare and we got some really surprising answers. Some families were telling me that they pay $2,400 per month and it’s not even for full-time childcare. It causes them to have to make some tough choices. Like one parent has left the workforce to care for their kids or they’ve had to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:25] So Daisy, we’re talking today because Alameda County is throwing a bunch of money into the child care system. Where is this money coming from?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:02:34] So the money is coming from a half-cent sales tax known as Measure C, and it was something that voters passed more than five years ago to increase access to child care and preschool and also health care for the county’s youngest residents. The tax is expected to generate about $150 million per year, but a taxpayer group’s lawsuit, held up the money until recently. What’s interesting is that during these years of litigation, the county went ahead to collect the tax and placed it in a trust, so that money grew to about a billion dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] Oh wow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:14] Mm-hmm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:15] And now we’re at a point where this money is actually being distributed, right? Who are some of the people who are benefiting from this tax?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:27] It’s going into the hands of child care providers who are at risk of closing their doors. It could be a small business owner who rents a daycare out of their home, or it could be big child care center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:03:41] All the money I earn is for my daycare. It goes back in my day care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:03:46] Lisa Zarodney is a family child care provider. She’s been providing care out of her home in Livermore for the last 27 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:03:55] I love what I do and I’ve been doing it for song because I love it not because I make money off of it because I don’t pay myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:03] What did she tell you about, I guess, what the last few years as a child care worker has been like for her, especially since the pandemic?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:04:13] Fewer kids were coming to her home during the pandemic. And then I think even after the reopening, a lot of parents who were working from home kept their kids at home as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:04:24] And slowly but surely, a lot of these providers, including myself, are in jeopardy of closing their doors because we just can’t catch up from\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:04:36] And then there was this new program in California called Transitional Kindergarten, so some of the older kids, the four-year-olds, there are families who are choosing to take their kids out of her program and putting their kids in free school, right, public school. All those things made her programs under-enrolled, so she was losing money, but at the same she had to, you know, continue paying for her rent, her utilities. All the expenses that come with running a business out of your home. She said her credit card bill, she racked up up to $50,000 in credit card, and the way she was also just managing to get through this difficult financial period was drawing from her late husband’s insurance and retirement fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:05:28] But on the back end, I have to pay taxes on that. I can’t do anything with my own family and my own grandkids because I don’t have the money to enjoy a life outside of just taking care of kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Daisy first interviewed Lisa back in March of this year, when the funds from Alameda County’s Measure C were still being held up by lawsuits. But this summer, five years after voters passed Measure C, the County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to spend the money. And in August, Lisa finally got the help she needed. Daisy checked back in with her once she got the money So she’s among the folks who Measure C is supposed to help, it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:21] How much money did she get from Measure C and what did she say about how it helped her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:06:28] The county started issuing big checks. They are one-time emergency grants ranging from $40,000 to $100,000 depending on the type of child care provider. She received a $40,000 check in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:06:44] It was amazing. I couldn’t get the smile off my face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:06:48] You know, it didn’t completely reduce her credit card bill, but it reduced it to a manageable level because now the kids are coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:06:56] I just needed that one check. I got it. And now I can get new toys for the kids. I can outside stuff for the toys for kids. I can pay my back credit card bill that I’ve been paying on and living on. The interest alone will kill you. So it’s just so many things that are starting to come together. Mostly part of that is because of measure C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] She told me it was relief, it helped her stabilize and it took a huge burden off her shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Zarodney \u003c/strong>[00:07:29] It was like finally something went right. After everything that I went through and with the possibility of shutting down and all the emotions, it was finally gonna be okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:42] How does the money given to people like Lisa, how does that trickle down to helping parents who are paying for childcare in the Bay?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:07:53] Well for Lisa, she thought she was going to have to close her business by the end of this year because she was facing so much debt. And a person like her leaving the field, it just creates more fragility in the system. What’s special about in-home daycare providers is that they are caring for kids sometimes around the clock or during weekends or evenings hours. So that really accommodate parents who might work a night shift. Those are the parents who really rely on that type of service. And when there are fewer of providers like Lisa, then parents are really in a better place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:38] And it makes whatever childcare options are left more expensive, it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:08:45] It costs a lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:52] Coming up, the other Bay Area counties looking for a local solution to the childcare crisis. Stay with us. How unique is what Alameda County is doing to address the childcare crisis in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:09:18] Alameda is not the only county doing this. It’s just the latest county in the Bay Area to distribute money from a dedicated tax. San Francisco has been doing the same, and for longer, it uses funds from a commercial property tax to offer families free or subsidized childcare, to add more childcare facilities, and to pay early educators a living wage. Sonoma County is also doing the same. It’s starting to spend funds from a quarter cent sales tax to offer some grants to early educators and to improve childcare facilities. Why are these local governments turning to tax measures in particular? These local governments are turning to local tax measures because state funding has declined. California has long used a tobacco tax to fund early childhood services, but as you know, that tax has declined as tobacco use has also declined. Federal funding for early childhood programs like Head Start are, you know, facing an uncertain future under the current Trump administration. So you know those are reasons why counties are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:44] Well, are other Bay Area counties interested in doing what Alameda County and I guess some of these other municipalities are doing to help the system of child care?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:10:58] In the Bay Area? Yeah, like Measure C in Alameda County or Baby Prop C in San Francisco, they’re seen as models for other counties that are looking for a local solution. In places like Marin County, like the cost of an infant care at a center has risen to $32,000 per year. Oh my gosh, that’s crazy. It is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Lucan \u003c/strong>[00:11:22] We’ve seen successful measures in San Francisco, in Alameda, in Sonoma County and there’s lots of questions around Moran if that’s the path to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:11:33] Eric Lucan is a Marin County supervisor. He’s also a dad. He has two young kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Lucan \u003c/strong>[00:11:40] On average, almost $2,000 a month is what we were paying. There was about a five-month period of time when my wife and I were paying that for both kids at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:11:52] He wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot. He was also involved in a similar effort in 2016, which failed. But he thinks this time the issue is gaining political momentum in Marin because child care costs has just become so expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jackie Speier \u003c/strong>[00:12:11] They’re choking on their costs and if they can’t make it here, they’re going to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] Jackie Speier is a supervisor in San Mateo County. She’s been really focused on the high cost of childcare in San Matteo County, because she’s also a grandmother and she’s seeing her children grapple with trying to find affordable and available childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jackie Speier \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] And in San Mateo County, there’s an annual loss of about $80 million due to childcare pickups that a family has. There’s about $775 million of lost economic productivity. So this is economic survival for our county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen \u003c/strong>[00:12:59] There was a countywide survey that found more than 45% of parents left the workforce to care for their children. I’m sure most of those were moms too. So that’s like women leaving the workforce. Jackie Spear told me that she wants to copy Alameda’s sales tax model, but she’s worried about putting it on next year’s ballot because it may wind up competing with a potential sales tax measure to fund the Bay Area’s crippling transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jackie Speier \u003c/strong>[00:13:32] My goal was to put the sales tax on the ballot in next November. I may still try to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:39] I mean, it seems like there’s a lot of momentum around support, like local governments trying to support the childcare systems in their respective counties. Do we have any sense yet if the ones that exist now are helping?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030561/alameda-county-child-care-providers-wait-anxiously-long-held-relief-funds\">Lisa Zarodney\u003c/a> has spent 25 years caring for children in her single-story home in Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no sign on the front door or even a name for her business. Her work is hidden from view. But inside, she’s juggling a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent visit, Zarodney rocked a 3-month-old girl in her arms while three toddlers stacked blocks on her living room floor. They had just finished eating the lunch she made in her kitchen and were squeezing in a bit of play time before taking their naps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The work is never easy, but it’s what I love to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She estimates that she has cared for hundreds of kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But earlier this year, she thought she would have to shutter her business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zarodney had racked up $50,000 in credit card debt to get through the pandemic and its aftermath. Parents working from home kept their kids at home too, or opted for California’s expanding transitional kindergarten program. At one point, only two kids were coming to her house full-time, even though she could handle up to eight. With the program underenrolled, Zarodney earned less but still had to cover food, rent, insurance and other expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Zarodney stands in the doorway of the day care center she runs out of her home in Livermore on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She was also diagnosed with cervical cancer, which led to thousands of dollars in medical bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was freaking out, I didn’t see (my debt) going down because interest rates don’t go down unless you pay it off,” she said, “You take one shovel out and two go in, and you just bury yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, she received a $40,000 check. The money came from Measure C, a half-cent sales tax to increase access to child care throughout Alameda County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043521/alameda-county-supervisors-approve-long-awaited-child-care-funding\">After a yearslong holdup\u003c/a>, funds from the measure are flowing to providers like Zarodney, helping them get back on track financially so they don’t close or leave for better-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally, something went right after everything that I went through,” Zarodney said. “It was finally going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, where child care costs are among the highest in the nation, Alameda County is the latest to distribute dedicated tax revenue to caregivers and the families who rely on them.[aside postID=news_12051850 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg']San Francisco is offering families \u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/annual-impact-report-2024/\">free or subsidized child care\u003c/a>, adding more child-care space and paying early educators a living wage, using funds from a commercial property tax. Last month, Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/08/26/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-release-of-first-114-million-raised-by-tax-measure-to-support-child-care/\">released the first batch of funds\u003c/a> from a half-cent sales tax to offer grants to early educators and improve early learning facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local tax measures come as California’s tobacco tax, which has long funded early childhood services, dwindles and federal programs like Head Start face an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma counties is the envy of advocates around the Bay who are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable for families struggling with the high cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s the only way we’re gonna be able to address it,” said Marin County Supervisor Eric Lucan, who wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort failed in 2016, but Lucan thinks the issue is gaining political support now that the cost of infant care in Marin has \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare/price-by-age-care-setting-2022\">risen to $32,000 per year\u003c/a>, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government considers child care affordable when it costs no more than 7% of a family’s annual income. That means a family must earn $400,000 a year to afford infant care in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Zarodney sits with children at the day care center she runs from her home in Livermore on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>It’s not just very low-income families, we’re talking working families making good salaries that are [struggling],” Lucan said. “And when you throw in housing costs with child care costs and energy costs and everything, it’s becoming very, very unaffordable for families of young children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucan said he and his wife paid about $2,000 per month in child care for each of their two kids, and whenever he mentions the figure in conversations, “it’s pretty mind-blowing for a lot of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who can’t afford those high monthly costs make other difficult tradeoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a town hall meeting in East Palo Alto, a college student described taking two-hourlong bus rides to drop off her toddler with her sister because she couldn’t find affordable child care closer to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County supervisors Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier have held three of the meetings to hear from families and child care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier and Gauthier said they’re both grandmothers whose adult children are grappling with the shortage of reliable, affordable child care. They’re worried that high child care prices are driving down the birth rate, pushing young families out of the county and harming the local economy. Speier is particularly struck by \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcalltogetherbetter.org/\">a countywide survey \u003c/a>that found more than 45% of parents left the workforce to care for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think it’s a crisis that we have ignored, and we can’t do that anymore, not for the health of our communities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said she would like to place a half-cent sales tax measure to fund child care on the November 2026 ballot, but worries about competing with a potential sales tax measure to fund the Bay Area’s crippling transit systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to approve placing the measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said if that happens, she will seek an alternative solution, such as tapping into funds from a \u003ca href=\"https://smcmeasurek.org/\">previously approved half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> and fees from car rentals at San Francisco International Airport. She also wants to introduce “Tri-Share,” in which workers, their employers, and government split the cost of child care. The concept was first launched in Michigan in 2021 to help families afford child care and businesses recruit and retain workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I can convince some employers to recognize that this is the way to go,” Speier said. “And it’s a benefit that they can also deduct on their business taxes. 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A five-year spending plan calls for boosting early educators’ wages to at least $25 per hour, subsidizing 2,400 child care slots and offering monthly stipends to an often overlooked group known as license-exempt Family, Friends and Neighbors who receive subsidies for their caregiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinetta Lewis is the director of St. Mary’s Center in West Oakland, which received a $50,000 emergency grant from the county. She gave her teachers $1,000 stipends and plans to hire a substitute so they can plan their lessons and undergo training for their professional development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although St. Mary’s pays teachers between $25 and $32 per hour, Lewis said the preschool has a hard time retaining new hires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People find that this job is too hard or too taxing, so they choose a different field to be in,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Zarodney said the grant she received will help her pay down her debt to a manageable level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People keep saying ‘you must have a lot of money because you run a day care.’ And I’m like, no, you really don’t. I never pay myself,” she said. “Everything I make goes back into the day care, every single thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, she will be at capacity once again, as she starts caring for the babies of two teachers who are heading back to the classroom. 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Last month, Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/08/26/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-release-of-first-114-million-raised-by-tax-measure-to-support-child-care/\">released the first batch of funds\u003c/a> from a half-cent sales tax to offer grants to early educators and improve early learning facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local tax measures come as California’s tobacco tax, which has long funded early childhood services, dwindles and federal programs like Head Start face an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma counties is the envy of advocates around the Bay who are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable for families struggling with the high cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s the only way we’re gonna be able to address it,” said Marin County Supervisor Eric Lucan, who wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort failed in 2016, but Lucan thinks the issue is gaining political support now that the cost of infant care in Marin has \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare/price-by-age-care-setting-2022\">risen to $32,000 per year\u003c/a>, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government considers child care affordable when it costs no more than 7% of a family’s annual income. 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They’re worried that high child care prices are driving down the birth rate, pushing young families out of the county and harming the local economy. Speier is particularly struck by \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcalltogetherbetter.org/\">a countywide survey \u003c/a>that found more than 45% of parents left the workforce to care for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think it’s a crisis that we have ignored, and we can’t do that anymore, not for the health of our communities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said she would like to place a half-cent sales tax measure to fund child care on the November 2026 ballot, but worries about competing with a potential sales tax measure to fund the Bay Area’s crippling transit systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to approve placing the measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said if that happens, she will seek an alternative solution, such as tapping into funds from a \u003ca href=\"https://smcmeasurek.org/\">previously approved half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> and fees from car rentals at San Francisco International Airport. She also wants to introduce “Tri-Share,” in which workers, their employers, and government split the cost of child care. The concept was first launched in Michigan in 2021 to help families afford child care and businesses recruit and retain workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I can convince some employers to recognize that this is the way to go,” Speier said. “And it’s a benefit that they can also deduct on their business taxes. 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A five-year spending plan calls for boosting early educators’ wages to at least $25 per hour, subsidizing 2,400 child care slots and offering monthly stipends to an often overlooked group known as license-exempt Family, Friends and Neighbors who receive subsidies for their caregiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinetta Lewis is the director of St. Mary’s Center in West Oakland, which received a $50,000 emergency grant from the county. 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