Waalidiinta Washington waxay u halgamayaan sidii ay u leexin lahaayeen shaqada, daryeelka ilmaha, dhaqaalaha qoyska
Parents of young children across Washington struggle to find and afford high-quality, licensed child care. Some areas of the state have experienced significant reductions in licensed child care capacity, while other areas grapple with child care costs that consume large portions of the median income. All areas contend with child care costs that often exceed the cost of college tuition and a state subsidy system that reimburses providers at rates that don’t cover the costs of providing high-quality care, leaving many low-income parents with few, if any, options.
Of Washington’s 39 counties, Whitman, Okanogan and Whatcom counties have the most expensive child care for an infant and a preschooler in a child care center, relative to median household incomes.1 This means that in those three counties the cost of child care for an infant and a preschooler in a child care center consumes between 39.5 – 51.9 percent of median incomes. The average cost of child care statewide for an infant and a preschooler in a center consumes 34 percent of the state median income.
Whatcom, Okanogan and Skagit counties have the most expensive child care for an infant and a preschooler in a licensed family child care home (FCC), relative to median household incomes. In those counties caring for both children consumes between 34.4 – 36.8 percent of median household incomes. Statewide the average cost of care for both children in a FCC program consumes 27 percent of the median income.
“At Child Care Aware of Washington we are working every day across the state to both increase access to child care and to help providers improve the quality of their care,” said Elizabeth Swanson, Interim Executive Director at Child Care Aware of Washington. “Clearly more investment is needed at the state and federal levels, and from the business community, all of whom directly benefit from the child care system every day when working parents show up for work on time and ready to be productive.”
The most affordable counties for child care in a center for an infant and a preschooler as a percentage of median household income are Kitsap, Mason and Island counties, where the cost of care for both children consumes between 30 – 30.7 percent of median incomes. For FCC programs, the least expensive counties are Clark, Kitsap and Thurston counties, where the costs of caring for both children consume between 23.6 and 25.3 percent of median household incomes.
Overall, the cost of child care compared to family income has risen during the past six years. Since 2011, median household income has increased 18 percent, while median child care rates have increased between 19-22 percent for center-based care and 14-22 percent for family child care.2
Dhowr meelood oo gobolka ah ayaa la kulmay hoos u dhac ku yimid awoodda daryeelka carruurta, gaar ahaan bartamaha WA iyo gobolka Peninsula Olympic. Degmada Jefferson waxay aragtay boqolkiiba 28 hoos u dhac xagga awoodda lixdii sano ee la soo dhaafay, halka Degmada Clallam ay aragtay 17 boqolkiiba hoos u dhac ah. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, degmooyinka qaar ayaa arkaya koror dhawaanahan ee awoodda daryeelka ilmaha, oo ay ku jiraan Degmooyinka King iyo Lewis.
In kasta oo ay dhawaanahan korortay awoodda gobollada qaarkood, waxaa jiray khasaare guud ee barnaamijyada daryeelka carruurta qoyska guud ahaan. Tani waxay hoos u dhigtay awoodda daryeelka ilmaha ee ka baxsan saacadaha shaqada ee caadiga ah – daryeelka muhiimka u ah dhowr goobood oo shaqo oo ay ku jiraan daryeelka caafimaadka, amniga dadweynaha, safarka, tafaariiqda iyo martigelinta. Boqolkiiba tirada guud ee awoodda fiidkii, sabtida iyo axadda iyo daryeelka habeenkii ayaa hoos uga dhacay 13 boqolkiiba 2012 ilaa 10 boqolkiiba kaliya 2018. 2
Dhanka kale sicirka magdhowga ee uu gobolku siiyo bixiyeyaasha aqbala carruurta qoysaskoodu isticmaalaan kabka Daryeelka Ilmaha ee Xiriirinta Shaqada ma soconeyso. In kasta oo ay dawladdu bixisay maal-gelintii ugu dambaysay, kharashka lagu bixinayo daryeelka carruurta oo tayo leh ayaa sii socda in ka badan kharashka ay bixiyayaasha u helaan daryeelka carruurta iyo qoysaska aadka u nugul. Sababtan awgeed, bixiyeyaal badan ayaa aqbala kaliya dhawr carruur ah markiiba kabida, ama midnaba. Tani waxay sii xaddidaysaa helitaanka daryeelka carruurta oo tayo sare leh ee qoysaska dakhligoodu yar yahay. Sharci-dejintu waxay kordhiyeen qiimayaashan lacag-celinta ah ee bixiyayaasha miisaaniyada ee dhaaftay Abriil 28 -keedii , laakiin kuma filna inay si buuxda u daboosho kharashka daryeelka tayada leh.
Washington waxa ay ku jirtaa liiska 10-ka gobol ee ugu hooseeya ee leh xannaano carruur oo la awoodi karo oo dhan ku dhawaad dhammaan noocyada daryeelka carruurta ee dhammaan carruurta da’doodu tahay 0-5, iyo kharashka daryeelka ilmaha da’da dugsiga inta lagu jiro xagaaga. 3
Warbixinta ReadyNation ee la sii daayay Jannaayo ayaa xisaabisay kharashka dhibaatada daryeelka carruurta ee Maraykanka $ 57 bilyan sannadkii oo ah dakhli lumis, dakhli iyo wax soo saar.4 Meherado Maraykan ah ayaa luminaya ku dhawaad $4.4 bilyan sanad kasta iyadoo ay ugu wacan tahay shaqaalaha oo ka maqan shaqada sababtoo ah daryeelka carruurta oo aan ku filnayn.3 Iyadoo heerka shaqo la’aantu uu hooseeyo taariikh ahaan, loo-shaqeeyayaashu waxay ku sii kordhayaan ku shaqeynta shaqaale ka yar inta ay u baahan yihiin. Kordhinta helitaanka daryeelka carruurta oo tayo sare leh, la awoodi karo waxay u oggolaanaysaa waalidiin badan inay galaan oo ku sii jiraan xoogga shaqada.
Xallinta dhibaatada daryeelka carruurta ee Washington waxay u baahan tahay kordhinta dadweynaha, ganacsiga iyo maalgelinta samafalka ee daryeelka carruurta iyo barnaamijyada waxbarashada hore. Child Care Aware ee Washington waxay u dooddaa kordhinta maalgashiga, mid guud iyo mid gaar ahaaneedba, iyo kordhinta helitaanka daryeel tayo sare leh. Waxaan la shaqeynaa bixiyeyaasha si aan u wanaajino tayada daryeelka ilmaha oo aan ka caawino bixiyeyaasha in ay waqti iyo lacag ku badbaadiyaan dhinaca ganacsiga ee barnaamijyadooda anagoo adeegsanayna xabka adeegyada ganacsiga ee online-ka ah ee Washington Child Care Business Edge .
Child Care Aware ee Washington waxay la socotaa sahayda daryeelka ilmaha, baahida iyo kharashyada gobolka iyo degmo kasta . Warbixinadayada xogta ayaa laga heli karaa halkan: https://staging.childcareawarewa.org/advocacy/#layout-accordion-1 .
Child Care Aware ee Washington waa hay’ad aan faa’iido doon ahayn, 501 (c) (3) oo u heellan inay ku xidho qoysaska deegaanka, tayada sare leh, daryeelka ilmaha shatiga iyo barnaamijyada waxbarashada hore, iyo taageeridda bixiyeyaasha bixiya daryeel tayo sare leh. Sida shabakad gobolka oo dhan ah oo ka kooban lix hay’adood oo goboleed, waxaan si garab- garab ah ula shaqeynaa bixiyeyaasha xanaanada cunugga, anagoo bixinayna adeegyo horumarineed xirfadeed iyo deeqo waxbarasho sare si aan uga caawino bixiyeyaasha in ay dhexgalaan cilmi-baaris ku saleysan,
hababka ugu fiican ee barnaamijyadooda. Waxaa naga go’an inaan hubinno in ilmo kasta oo Washington jooga,
iyadoon loo eegin isir, diin, lab iyo dhedig, qowmiyad, dhaqan, luqadda aasaasiga ah ama heerka dhaqaale, waxay heli karaan daryeel tayo leh iyo waxbarasho hore oo ay u baahan yihiin si ay ugu guuleystaan dugsiga iyo nolosha. Wixii macluumaad dheeraad ah, fadlan booqo websaydkayaga http://wa.childcareaware.org oo nagu raac Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Child-Care-Aware-of-Washington-149636987661/ iyo Twitterka @ xanaanada caruurta.
