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'We don't want to see our community suffer': Assiniboia parents work to address child care crisis [1]

Author: 
Bamford, Allison
Source: 
CTV News
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
26 May 2023
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Excerpts

A group of parents in Assiniboia are trying to solve the town’s child care crisis.

Chantel Hannah, board co-chair for the Golden South Childcare Centre, had trouble finding child care services for her son when she was preparing to go back to work after her maternity leave.

Chatting with other moms in the area, she quickly realized there were dozens of other families in the same position.

“Just a literal crisis of moms not being able to go back to work and then also not being able to put money back into the community,” Hannah said.

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Region: 
Saskatchewan [3]
Tags: 
access [4]
public funding [5]
child care workforce [6]

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