We invite you to join us for a special day in Des Moines! The Iowa Child Care Coalition will host Child Care Day on the Hill at the State Capitol. Please join other ?Iowa child care advocates. We encourage you to always share your child care story and be a positive voice for children.

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Investing in Iowa Child Care funding program helping to improve programs across the state!

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Investing in Iowa Child Care is a funding program intended to increase availability of child care throughout the State.

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Finding child care can be difficult for many families. In some of Iowa’s rural communities there may not be a Registered Child Development Home provider, a child care center, or an afterschool program. Transportation constraints to/from a nearby program can also make it difficult for families to go to work/school and to secure accessible child care. According to the US Department of Labor, 72% of employee absenteeism results from issues related to child care.

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