And this is exactly why the military needs to learn how to fight. Just kidding obviously - Mark, this is an interesting and informative piece - thanks for sharing it with us.
I can't find any detail on how (and how much) daycares will be compensated by the government (taxpayer). Will it be a fixed amount? Will less efficient daycares be funded more than those work hard to deliver quality and efficiency?
I shake my head whenever different levels of government get together, to announce a program where each has thrown some money in the pot. We hear them say, 'the province/feds/city' has funded...' Nope, to be accurate, it's that the province/feds/city has taken tax revenue we paid them.
I'm surprised you didn't open a daycare for future warriors. You could have had the lowest cost, most profitable operation by being creative with the city.
This is spot on. When our first child was board, it made more financial sense for my wife to leave the workforce and just become a single-income family. Even as they have gotten older, my wife wanted to home school our children and your story rings so true; it is a damn challenge to give my kids every opportunity we want for them with one breadwinner in the household. In the community I live in, child care (along with transportation) is ALWAYS listed at the number one challenge for our workforce development. There is simply not enough providers and the days of making child care work as a cottage industry is more challenging given state regulations in order to receive any taxpayer subsidized funding as a childcare provider. Our community is going to contract with an outside firm that helps attract, retain and improve child care centers; we are hoping for some good outcomes.
And this is exactly why the military needs to learn how to fight. Just kidding obviously - Mark, this is an interesting and informative piece - thanks for sharing it with us.
I can't find any detail on how (and how much) daycares will be compensated by the government (taxpayer). Will it be a fixed amount? Will less efficient daycares be funded more than those work hard to deliver quality and efficiency?
I shake my head whenever different levels of government get together, to announce a program where each has thrown some money in the pot. We hear them say, 'the province/feds/city' has funded...' Nope, to be accurate, it's that the province/feds/city has taken tax revenue we paid them.
I'm surprised you didn't open a daycare for future warriors. You could have had the lowest cost, most profitable operation by being creative with the city.
This is spot on. When our first child was board, it made more financial sense for my wife to leave the workforce and just become a single-income family. Even as they have gotten older, my wife wanted to home school our children and your story rings so true; it is a damn challenge to give my kids every opportunity we want for them with one breadwinner in the household. In the community I live in, child care (along with transportation) is ALWAYS listed at the number one challenge for our workforce development. There is simply not enough providers and the days of making child care work as a cottage industry is more challenging given state regulations in order to receive any taxpayer subsidized funding as a childcare provider. Our community is going to contract with an outside firm that helps attract, retain and improve child care centers; we are hoping for some good outcomes.