With nearly 60% of providers having unutilized capacity, often because they needed more workers. Child care providers are stuck increasing costs while about keeping classrooms closed and serving fewer kids as wait lists grow, Getting providers up to full capacity would mean serving another 33,000 kids. Wisconsin's child care crisis affects not only our kids, families and childcare providers, but our state, employers, workforce and economy too. I've repeatedly proposed plans to lower the cost of child care rejected. (38:35–38:43)
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Asserts that full capacity in childcare providers would allow service to an additional 33,000 kids.
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