Trying Together Exec Director to Take Part in Webinar on Child Care Crisis and Jobs

Trying Together’s executive director will take part in an upcoming National Fund for Workforce Solutions webinar on job quality and the child care crisis.

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Cara Ciminillo, Trying Together’s executive director, will take part in a panel during the webinar, which will run from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 6.

The webinar will discuss how child care is prohibitively expensive for many parents of young children in the United States, often costing nearly as much as their rent or mortgage payments. 

This makes child care a workforce issue as companies struggle to keep parents who are otherwise in their prime working years on payroll.

Meanwhile, for structural reasons it can be hard to ensure quality jobs for early childhood educators as companies in that industry face high costs and tight margins.

The panel discussion will focus on how individuals are navigating the tangled challenges of child care and the workforce. Ciminillo will join Bonny Yeager, senior manager of industry solutions at Partner4Work, on the first panel.

Then, attendees will hear from employers who are innovating in the child care space, including offering subsidized care for their employees, and organizing across municipalities and states to solve this challenging problem. Panelists include representatives from Boston Children’s HOspital, the University of Vermont’s Health Network, and the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education.

Those interested in attending can register online.