Overview
How do we create an equitable, affordable, high-quality childcare system that serves the needs of working parents/caregivers, their children, and the childcare workforce?
This one-hour webinar starts to dig into this vexing policy problem by exploring the use of foundational grants as one investment approach that is already working to raise workforce compensation and improve program quality while also increasing access to affordable care for families.
Please view the full recording below.
Presenters:
- Theresa Hawley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Early Learning Funding Equity
- Julia R Henly, Ph.D - Samuel Deutsch Professor and Deputy Dean, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at The University of Chicago
- David Alexander, Ph.D - Director of Research at Illinois Action for Children