Listening to a fascinating and scary @amprog panel on the "workforce behind the workforce" and the #ChildCare crisis intensified by the coronavirus pandemic.
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One teacher from Colorado said the pandemic has "really intensified" the issues already facing the industry. She has seen teachers turn down raises in order to still qualify for public assistance. They can't afford to enroll in health insurance but make too much for Medicaid.
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Another #childcare provider in North Carolina says 60% of centers are still closed and may not reopen. Before the pandemic there were 14,000 in child care facilities. They were at capacity in a 13-county region.
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"How do you go to a family who has maybe lost their own jobs and may be struggling" to ask for tuition to save their spots to stay open? Catherine Lieberman from NC asks.
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Catherine, director of Bell's School in NC, says 1st round of PPP ran out before she could get the loan. In 2nd round there were 35,000 people ahead of her. Applied for small business association loan. Told would hear within 10 days. She applied 3/26. She can't meet ends meet.
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Philip Acord, CEO of Chambliss Center for Children in Chattanooga, got PPP loan money last week in April, with staff of 300 they were in "dire straights" with payroll in the hundreds of thousands. Also got some state funds to replace lost revenue.
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Jerletha McDonald is a home-based child care provider in Texas. She says of the PPP and other loans "most of those opportunities were closed to us" because they are a single proprietor without employees or do not have existing banking relationships.
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