And even if folks can find and afford care, families may be wait listed for months. Child care providers across Wisconsin surveyed last fall had 48,000 kids on wait list. 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. (38:18–38:26)
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Asserts that nearly 60% of childcare providers have unutilized capacity due to a lack of workers.
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