Child care workers are at the center of the food insecurity crisis in America. In 2020, nearly one-third of them were food insecure.
Family day care workers provide this essential service from their homes, but being classed as independent contractors means they lack many employment protections.
AFIMSC
Family day care workers have much in common with home-based workers in the garment industry. But the latter are classed as employees, resulting in better representation and protected work conditions.
Why is America missing good-quality child care?
Philippe Put
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have called for improved child care. There is already a long history of child care policy initiatives in the U.S.; most of them have been unsuccessful.