New Report Highlights Child Care Needs In Cook County

By Nereida Moreno
Child Care Worker
Child care provider Pat Alexander helps children, Isaiah, left, and Hector, right, identify various types of dinosaurs at her child care center in Elk Grove, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
Child Care Worker
Child care provider Pat Alexander helps children, Isaiah, left, and Hector, right, identify various types of dinosaurs at her child care center in Elk Grove, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

New Report Highlights Child Care Needs In Cook County

By Nereida Moreno
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A lack of childcare can affect parents’ employment prospects. A new report out from the nonprofit Illinois Action For Children contains a study about childcare. 

Reset learns more about what the study reveals.

GUESTS: Marcia Stoll, senior research associate at Illinois Action for Children

Samir Tanna, director of public policy at Illinois Action for Children