The Importance of Childcare to U.S. Families and Businesses - U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
The COVID-19 public health crisis has significantly impacted the lives of working parents trying to balance childcare and work, childcare providers trying to stay open or re-open, and employers trying to determine how and when their working parents can return to work.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation conducted a series of surveys from June to November 2020, to see how the pandemic's impact on childcare has evolved, understand the impact of COVID-19 on childcare observed over time, and how a lack of childcare affects our economy and ability to recover. The research examined the difficulties the COVID-19 pandemic has created in relation to childcare, and the hard choices parents, employers, and policymakers have had to make.
