SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Leaders with the Sioux Falls Childcare Collaborative said affordable options for working parents, as well as businesses, remain a challenge.
The SFCC was tasked with looking at ongoing issues in local child care and has compiled a set of recommendations to help solve the growing childcare crisis. These include creating more career pathways in the child care industry, expanding early education grants and improving family-friendly workplace policies.
At a Sioux Falls Rotary Club meeting Monday, Rotarian Brienne Maner discussed the recommendations with Kerri Tietgen, CEO of EMBE; Karen Rieck, Founder of Mrs. Karen’s Childcare and Preschool; and Rotarian Rana DeBoer, CVO of Volt Strategy and SFCC Coordinator.
Tietgen said she is hopeful about business and nonprofit leaders starting to recognize the impact child care has on the economy and community.
“Today, the business community, our legislators, are hearing it every day — that …