New from EdNC
The Editor’s Notes
Community college students are often balancing lives and responsibilities outside of school — from work to family obligations. For community college students with young children, the struggle to find and afford child care can make a tricky balance close to impossible.
In the series publishing today, EdNC explores how community colleges are expanding child care access and affordability in three primary ways: providing on-campus child care options; utilizing state grants to help students afford care; and strengthening the child care workforce, including through fast-track options like child care academies.
You can find a guide to all seven articles here on this series landing page.
A huge shoutout to Cecilia Holden, who shared the opportunity to work on this project with our team. Over and over, I have watched Cecilia ask, “who is the best partner to do the work?, a leadership practice we should all aspire to.
Also a shoutout to the teams at Child Care Resources Inc. (CCRI) in partnership with NC Child Care Resource & Referral and the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education who created the map in Liz’s article.
The map shows the real-time supply of North Carolina licensed child care providers — as well as all 58 community colleges, including their satellite campuses, allowing community college leaders to assess if they have available space, on a main or satellite campus, that is located in a child care desert.
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