"Child Care Programs Forced to Balance Quality and Financial Stability"
July 31, 2015
NFF’s Kristine Alvarez was featured in a recent article published by Education Week taking a special look at the report Overcoming Financial Barriers to Expanding High-Quality Early Care & Education in Southeastern Pennsylvania. "For as generous and progressive as [Pennsylvania] is, there is still a fairly substantial gap that is left," Alvarez said.
Many of the challenges in the report go beyond Philadelphia, including low teacher pay, public support that doesn't account for the full cost of care, and strict rules that bounce some children in and out of eligibility for public subsidies.