Report: Child care unaffordable for most Virginians

[Jilly_in_VA]

A new report from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) found that child care is unaffordable for most Virginia families.

The report found that child care is unaffordable for 85% of Virginia families with an infant, 82% of families with a toddler and 74% of families with a preschool-age child.

JLARC says the federal government defines child care as being affordable if it costs less than 7% of families’ household income. According to JLARC, in every region in Virginia, child care costs more than 10% of a families’ average income.

Northern Virginia came in as the most expensive region for child care, followed by the Urban Crescent, which includes Norfolk and Richmond.

It’s not just affordability that’s a problem. The report says there are lack of available child care slots in Virginia, with 140,000 additional slots needed.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/state-report-shows-child-care-is-unaffordable-for-most-virginians/

70%? And you're supposed to pay for housing, food, etc,, in the other 30%? Come on, get real, people!!!

[Lovie777]

1. And what is the governor doing to help them afford such?........................

busy meeting with right wing billionaires for a possible run for president. The USA may have another DeSatan running for president.

[underpants]

2. We got an extra 300-500 square feet of house because we didn't have daycare anymore

4 years ago we got a 60 day notice on the house we were renting. Cheap too. Panic mode. Neither one of us had ever bought a house. My wife figured out what we could afford in terms of a mortgage payment. When she gave me the number I was shocked. “Really?” She said, “We don’t have daycare anymore”.

It was somewhere between $1,000 - $1,400 a month.