Bridging Gaps: Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education

The US Child-Care System Is in Crisis Child care supports every industry in our nation, but it has an unstable infrastructure. The current model simply isn't working. Child-care businesses are failing, early childhood professionals are not paid living wages, and expenses are rising. The primary funding source is families, but families cannot afford the true cost of child care. Does this mean that all early childhood programs must fold into the public school system? Will private child care soon be extinct?