OUR CHILD CARE SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING.
Be part of the solution.
In Cleveland and across Cuyahoga County,
parents struggle to balance the need to work with available child care options.
Parents overwhelmingly describe their child care options as unaffordable, low quality, or simply inaccessible. That leads to lost wages, lower productivity, lost revenue, high turnover, and a growing number of workers on the sidelines.
78%
of parents say child care is not accessible.
50%
higher unemployment rate in Cleveland due to inadequate child care.
$646M
lost annually in Cuyahoga County due to inadequate child care.
ABOUT US
Early Matters NEO is a budding coalition of private, public and nonprofit organizations working to advance policies that ensure every family has access to quality, affordable child care to support workforce and business growth in Northeast Ohio.
Coalition Members
