A shortage of childcare workers means families in southwest Iowa and the greater Omaha metro area don’t have enough options for care, according to a recent report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska.
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Southwest Iowa’s childcare gap: 1,000+ kids without reasonable options
“Because childcare is the infrastructure that we often don’t invest in,” said Professor Walter Gilliam, executive director of the Buffett Institute.
He says the gap between childcare need and availability is nearly eight percent across the metropolitan statistical area…