NPR
Child care was on the ballot in several cities and counties across the country.
In Austin, Texas, where voters weighed whether to raise property taxes, advocates noted that a year of child care costs more than a year of tuition at the University of Texas at Austin.
In Sonoma County, Calif., where a new sales tax was on the ballot, a year of infant care can cost more than a year at the University of California, Berkeley. And still, demand is high. A report found the pandemic had decimated the county's child care workforce to such a degree that it was left with just over half of the child care slots it once had.
Meanwhile, in a statement early Wednesday, the advocacy group Child Care Aware of America, urged the incoming Trump administration and Congress to work toward broader solutions.
"The American people have resoundingly called for — both before and during the election cycle — affordable, accessible, quality child care solutions," wrote the organization's CEO Susan Gale Perry.