Growing Crisis in Child Care Focus of Nebraska Conference
Jim Pillen will provide opening remarks, marking the first time the state’s highest-ranking official will speak at the conference.
- Jim Pillen will provide opening remarks, marking the first time the state’s highest-ranking official will speak at the conference.
- At a time when 91% of counties in Nebraska do not have enough available licensed child care slots to meet current demand and 11 counties lack a single licensed provider, Nebraskans are coming together to help solve a growing child care and economic crisis.
- “With as many as 80,000 jobs open in Nebraska, our child care crisis is an economic crisis.
- This year’s event is coordinated and facilitated by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and sponsored by First Five Nebraska, Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children, the Nebraska Association of School Boards, Nebraska Business Development Center, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative, Nebraska Early Learning Connection, Nebraska Economic Developers Association, Nebraska Extension, Panhandle Partnership, Inc., the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute.