Child care availability is on the decline in Cambria County and has been since the pandemic. Join us for a session examining the causes and impact. We’ll also discuss potential solutions. This panel features a review of data and an expert panel including Andrea Heberlein, Executive Director of the PA Early Learning Investment Commission, Linda Thomson, President and CEO of Johnstown Area Regional Industries, and Karen Grimm-Thomas, Early Childhood Education Strategy Advisor to the Pennsylvania Key.
Child care is a workforce support that is essential for families with young children. Without it, people cannot go to work and employers are left with job openings they can’t fill. A lack of child care is creating challenges in Cambria County. Since 2019, the county experienced a net loss of 17 child care providers. With 25% fewer child care providers and 385 less child care seats, parents are faced with tough decisions. Stay out of the workforce? Leave their child in an informal, less reliable, and potentially unsafe child care arrangement? Work shifts? There are no good answers.
WHEN: August 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Workforce Center LGI at 101 Community College Way in Richland Township.
Email [email protected] or call 814-262-0732 x 242 to register! Seating is limited.