Mayor Donna Deegan proposes River City Care initiative after task force finds steep child care costs, workforce strain

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Donna Deegan on Thursday unveiled the Childcare Solutions for Early Learning Task Force report and recommended a new initiative, River City Care, aimed at making child care more affordable and accessible while strengthening Jacksonville’s workforce.

The task force’s report, the mayor said, frames child care as infrastructure — workforce, economic and community — rather than merely a family issue.

“When child care works, families work. When families work, businesses thrive,” Deegan said…

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