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Visit Utah Care for Kids for child care action items, to keep up to speed on local movement, find local resources, and Utah-specific research.

Read about it here, and contact your legislator with support. This is our time to increase access to child care! Follow the bill here.

UC3’s own Marin Christensen co-authored this Utah Women & Leadership Project child care white paper that describes the complexity of the child care issue, and details what every state is doing regarding child care policy. If you missed it, please watch this child care symposium with legislators, business leaders, and Read more…

Here’s how (and why) they did it. This article also includes advice for businesses from UC3’s Marin Christensen. If you are a business interested in other options besides onsite, UC3 can help you assess and implement.

Author: Haley Ackerman-Barton Offering child care benefits to employees helps businesses attract and retain talent, increase productivity, and support diversity in the workplace. Attract and Retain Talent Utah is facing a  worker shortage. If businesses want to attract and retain top talent, they’ll need to offer smarter benefits. Utah’s workforce Read more…

Page Checkett’s talked with KUER’ 90.1’s Jon Reed about Utah’s child care needs now and post-pandemic.: https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2021-04-01/the-pandemic-has-opened-the-door-for-better-child-care-in-utah-advocates-are-hoping-it-will-last

Listen to UC3’s Marin Christensen discuss the high cost of child care, and what we can do about it with PBS Utah’s More Than Half podcast. You can also read the transcript.

How the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed child care as critical infrastructure to our workforce: https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/4/4/21206974/chil-care-covid-coronavirus-school-cancelled-utah-workers-with-children-who-watches-the-kids

We know you are exhausted: mentally, physically, and emotionally. We know the uncertainty of the fall is not helping. We would like to hear from you so we can best advocate for you. What is your situation like now? How have your child care needs changed? What will you do Read more…