December 12 2006
Buffalo Child Care Means Business
Investments in high quality child care and early childhood education do more than just pay significant returns to children and their families. They also benefit taxpayers, profit employers and employees, and enhance the economic vitality of communities, says a new study by Lou Jean Fleron, Director, Workforce, Industry and Economic Development.
The study grew out of specific concerns for child care in the medical campus to become a broad partnership reflecting shared interests in the welfare of Buffalo’s children and downtown economic revitalization.
The analysis includes empirical evidence from a representative survey of small, medium, and large businesses from both public and private sectors. It also measures the costs to children, families, and the local community from inadequate or unaffordable quality child care.
The research is in collaboration with the Child Care Resource Network, University of Buffalo Law School, and the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County Success by 6 and funded by The John R. Oishei Foundation.
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