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Students recommend expanded partnerships, a one‑stop guide and unpaid leave pilot to ease Lane County child care gaps
Summary
A student team reviewing county childcare for infants and toddlers recommended updating employee resources, expanding partnerships beyond Tip Tap Grow, and piloting a formal unpaid‑leave guarantee for county employees; commissioners praised the research and identified state policy connections.
A University of Oregon student team presented a review of childcare gaps in Lane County on June 11, recommending a one‑stop resource for parents, expanded employer partnerships and a formal unpaid‑leave policy for county employees to reduce child care precarity.
The two‑quarter capstone team — Mason Bartholomew, Quinn Hout and Wyatt Bean — told the Board of County Commissioners they focused on infant and toddler care (the most expensive age group) and surveyed Lane County employees to test what would make child care more accessible. “Almost unilaterally, people would be happier if the child care was cheaper,” Quinn said. The students also cited a 2024 Oregon State University study that classifies some Lane County communities as “child care deserts” — areas with more than three children for every regulated child care slot.
Why it matters: students said cost, limited supply and fit…
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