We want to take the Child Care industry FORWARD. Unfortunately, there are many hurdles and a coordinated approach to solve them is missing. The same problems that challenged this industry several decades ago still persist!
For example, human resources challenges, such as turnover, has made Child Care extremely expensive. There has been some improvement in the software but innovation and significant progress, such as intelligent, interactive software is still not available to Child Care centers. Additionally, there has been a lack of directed and effective support from government agencies.
For example, human resources support that is provided to public schools in the form of substitute pools, when teachers are sick or call out, is not available to Child Care centers – even though it is clear that there is a dire need for such help. Teachers and Teachers’ Aids have to go through multiple hurdles to start working at a Child Care center.
For example, currently, they need to go to three different places to get their paperwork complete (doctor’s office, fingerprinting, notary). Additionally, teachers’ and teachers’ aids’ salaries have not kept up with inflation and have not been attractive. All of the above are not recent issues or problems – they have existed for decades. Our hope is that one by one, methodically, and persistently, with as much help as we can get from any entity private or governmental, we can start working on each problem and move this industry FORWARD!
