Bronx families spend more than 47% of income on childcare, the most of any U.S. county – Bronx Times

In 2017, the Bronx had 3,358 regulated childcare programs. But by 2022, there were roughly 2,827 programs left, according to the state. via bronxtimes

Despite NYC having the nation’s largest publicly fundedsystem for low-income families, mass closures of Bronx childcare programs, lack of wage increases for Bronx families and Bronx childcare workers has created

with financial burdens most affecting low-income communities of color, where wages stagnate and childcare access thins out. Brooklyn and Queens, in addition to the Boogie Down, are among three of the top five counties in the U.S. for highest percent of income spent onIn the past few decades, childcare costs have doubled, and the demand for childcare also increased, as more women entered the labor force from 1970-2000, researchers note. In a January 2023 U.S.

“I struggle with sometimes asking my mother, whose retired, if she could watch my kids because I just can’t afford it,” said Ortiz. “Does that make me a bad mother? Does it mean I shouldn’t work and stay home with them all day? I think childcare is too expensive.”

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