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Committee reviews pilot to offer state‑funded child care to child‑care workers to expand slots and workforce
Summary
Representatives Click and Odioso presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 484, a pilot that would provide state‑funded child care to child‑care workers in exchange for their service in the field to expand available slots and recruit workers.
Representatives Click and Odioso presented sponsor testimony for House Bill 484, the "Workforce Investment Now" pilot, which would allow child‑care workers to receive publicly funded child care for their own children in exchange for working in the child‑care workforce. Representative Click described the problem as both a workforce and an economic issue, saying child care shortages reduce workforce participation and citing an Ohio Chamber estimate of roughly $5.48 billion in lost productivity. "For every child care worker who joins the field, at least 5 new child care slots become available," Click said.
Representative Odioso said the bill would be…
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