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Minot childcare committee presents resource guide, warns of long infant wait lists
Summary
Alderman Lisa Olsen and the Minot Childcare Committee told the Economic Development Plan Review Committee that infant childcare spots are scarce, presented a one‑stop resource guide and flagged options the city could consider, including a Century Code property‑tax exemption for childcare centers.
Alderman Lisa Olsen and members of the Minot Childcare Committee told the Economic Development Plan Review Committee on March 21 that local parents face long waits for infant childcare and that the shortage is constraining workforce participation.
The committee presented a childcare resource guide intended as a one‑stop digital reference for parents, prospective providers and existing centers. The guide will be hosted on the MAC EDC website and the City of Minot site and, according to presenters, should go live within days.
The presenters said anecdotal reporting and interviews with employers show wait lists of three to five years in some cases, with the tightest shortages for infants. “Parents want to enter the workforce but cannot find availability,” said Scott Burlingame, a member of the childcare committee. He said employers have lost prospective hires who learned of lengthy wait lists and declined to relocate. The committee linked the shortage to difficulties recruiting and retaining staff…
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