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Providers and advocates urge $500 million to eliminate ERDC wait list, cite families and workforce strains
Summary
Multiple providers, hubs and advocacy groups testified that Employment Related Day Care wait lists are causing families to lose work or education opportunities and urged a substantial funding increase; local providers described waiting families and program strain.
Parents, providers and advocacy groups urged the Joint Committee on Ways and Means - Subcommittee on Education on March 6 to expand Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) funding and eliminate a long wait list that witnesses and coalition leaders said is denying care to eligible families.
"Without access to this very critical program, we are putting young children and families at risk in Oregon," said Anna Pickell, owner and operator of Happy Go Lucky Child Care in Northeast Portland, describing families blocked from subsidy slots.
Multiple witnesses said more than 9,700…
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