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SUMMARY:Childcare is a Workforce Issue
DESCRIPTION:Childcare is a Workforce Issue\n\n\n\nOur July Membership Meeting takes a look at the impact of childcare on business with a keynote from Amy K. Anderson\, director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues\, Association of Washington Business.\n\n\n\nThe Federal Way Chamber recognizes that childcare is a critical workforce issue as well as a growth opportunity for this industry in our area.\n\n\n\nAccording to the Child Care Industry Assessment Report released by the WA Department of Commerce\, "nearly one in five (18.3%) of parents surveyed turned down a job offer or promotion due to child care issues\, more often among Black and Native American parents. Nearly half (47%) of unemployed parents found child care issues a barrier to seeking employment 51% among female job-seekers compared to 41% among male job-seekers."\n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO\n\nAmy K. Anderson is AWB's director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues.  Before joining AWB's government affairs team\, Amy was a strategic consultant for the AWB Institute for almost four years\, bringing more than 10 years of policy analysis and advocacy experience to the position.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="p1" style="text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Childcare is a Workforce Issue</strong></span><br />\n<br />\nOur July Membership Meeting takes a look at the impact of childcare on business with a keynote from Amy K. Anderson\, director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues\, Association of Washington Business.<br />\n<br />\nThe Federal Way Chamber recognizes that childcare is a critical workforce issue as well as a growth opportunity for this industry in our area.<br />\n<br />\nAccording to the <a href="https://growthzonesitesprod.azureedge.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/937/2020/09/ChildCare-Collaborative-Task-Force-Industry-Assessment-Report.pdf">Child Care Industry Assessment Report</a> released by the WA Department of Commerce\, &ldquo\;nearly one in five (18.3%) of parents surveyed turned down a job offer or promotion due to child care issues\, <span style="transform:scaleX(0.997733)\;">more often among Black and Native American parents. </span><span style="transform:scaleX(1.0106)\;">Nearly half (47%) of unemployed parents found child </span><span style="transform:scaleX(1.01494)\;">care issues a barrier to seeking employment</span><span style="transform:scaleX(0.98012)\;">&mdash\;51% among female job-seekers compared to 41% among male </span><span style="transform:scaleX(0.994473)\;">job-seekers.</span>&rdquo\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">SPEAKER BIO</span></strong></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Amy K. Anderson is AWB&rsquo\;s director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues.&nbsp\; Before joining AWB&rsquo\;s government affairs team\, Amy was a strategic consultant for the AWB Institute for almost four years\, bringing more than 10 years of policy analysis and advocacy experience to the position.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n
LOCATION:Zoom Teleconference To participate and receive your unique log-in\, you must register by July 5 at 12 p.m. Registrations cannot be accepted after that date. Please note that participants are limited to 100.
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URL:https://business.federalwaychamber.com/events/details/childcare-is-a-workforce-issue-7917
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