Care Costs Take a Toll on Workers

[Annalee]

The first 10 years of our marriage, my husband was the primary breadwinner. My husband carries the insurance now but after his job closed the doors 11 years ago, my child care business became the primary bread winner....life throws some curves....this job has been a life-saver.....even if I feel crazy to be sticking with it!::

[Leigh]

I had a licensor years ago tell me child care was always last on the agenda for legislative issues....and by the time they got to child care no one had read or intended to read what was there.....leading to quick decisions with some things not being passed and some things being passed that were crazy.... I find this to be true because every legislator that has been shown the assessment book is stunned at what they see but the law has already passed and no one will touch it now!

I have a friend who is a legislator. I'd talked to him recently about my issues with my new food program rep (who claimed that "the law" said things that it did not). He was appalled by the amount of ridiculous regs on the books (and my state is better than most about having FEWER of those kinds of regs). He and I spoke about how much better spent this Social Services money could be spent rather than on new and more regs every year!