Local child-care provider warns county board that temporary $13-per-hour wage boost faces July cutoff
An Eau Claire child-care provider told the county board that temporary pandemic-related wage supplements that raised many child-care workers' pay to about $13 per hour are due to end, and warned the loss could shrink child-care slots and push families out of the workforce; she invited supervisors to local rallies and events.
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Julia Benkert, a home-based early childhood teacher from Eau Claire, urged the county board during public comment to consider the consequences if temporary pandemic-era wage supports for child-care staff are not extended at the state level.
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