CCF’s Corporate Champion Roundtable is a top tier group of Cobb Corporations who not only have made giving back to their community a top priority, they are actively involved in collaborating with other leading employers to assess and reinforce areas where gaps in charitable supports exist. Earlier this year, their efforts became focused on the looming childcare crisis.
For nearly two years, national projections around a childcare shortage have intensified as we approached the September 30, 2023 end date for the allocation of federal childcare funds launched during the pandemic. The funds directed at childcare facilities helped subsidize operating costs in order to ensure childcare tuition remained affordable to working families. With the end of the federal program, it has been predicted that large numbers of families will experience financial instability as they lose access to affordable childcare, thus potentially affecting their employment status. Many articles and reports have been written on this topic, some shared through this newsletter in previous months.
To get a handle on the situation locally, at the request of our Corporate Roundtable, CCF has visited childcare facilities, interviewed childcare providers, and has investigated some newly developed programs. This complex issue requires more study, and leaders will come together first quarter to hear the latest developments from local childcare providers themselves. There will be more information to share on this story as it pertains to Cobb County in the coming months.
Recently leaders at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Northside Hospital joined our Corporate Roundtable. If your company would be interested in Corporate
Roundtable participation, learn more here.
Expect more updates on this topic in the coming months. Want to know more about the status of childcare and how it impacts our workforce? Read this Washington Post article on how childcare is about to get even more expensive.
