Closing Virginia’s child care affordability gap could cost up to gap $4.5b a year

Closing Virginia’s child care affordability gap would require up to $4.5 billion annually over the next decade, according to the Virginia Department of Education — an investment that, under one scenario, would also raise annual pay for 43,000 educators by an average of $17,000. Virginia currently lacks at least 140,000 child care slots needed to […]