Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
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Early Care and Education Justice Toolkit
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Conjunto de herramientas de justicia en la educación infantil
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Key Facts
Child care workers earn an average of $13.22 an hour
Even conversations that end in rejection teach me how to hone my message and strengthen my arguments.
—Corrine Hendrickson, FCC provider
Calif. home-based providers average 17 years of experience but earn as little as $16,000 a year
“The economy can’t work unless child care works, and child care can’t work without teachers.”
Lea J.E. Austin
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
