Affordable Childcare Begins with Cutting Red Tape

Originally published by TribLive.

Child care in Pennsylvania is expensive. Just one child in day care costs about 40% of the median household income of single-parent households in the commonwealth.

When affordability is on everyone’s mind, we can’t overlook the opportunity to reduce one of the largest expenses for young families.

Day care is expensive because it is a people-intensive business that requires significant staffing. But that doesn’t explain why care for an infant is on average $1,130 less in neighboring Ohio. The difference is Pennsylvania’s extensive red tape and lack of freedom for day care centers.

Read more at TribLive.