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Leaving and Staying: Understanding the Reasons Behind the Shifting Supply of Family Child Care

Archived Meeting Resources
January 9, 2023
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This session was presented during the BUILD 2022 National Conference.

Did you know that challenges related to ECE systems, including QIS, licensing, and subsidy, have been found to be a reason that family child care educators are leaving the field? Hear leading researchers and family child educators respond to the findings and recommendations from The Multi-State Study of Family Child Care Decline and Supply. This session will help deepen your understanding about how the intersecting factors contribute to actual exit from FCC work as well as the rewards that counter these challenges to keep educators in FCC work. Recommendations to create more equitable systems inclusive and supportive of FCC will be highlighted.

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