childcare access
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Childcare access refers to the availability and affordability of care for young children while parents work or attend to other responsibilities.
The term often appears in policy discussions about economic barriers, geographic limitations, or waitlists that prevent families from obtaining adequate childcare: Lack of childcare access keeps many mothers out of the workforce.
Access implies not just that childcare exists, but that families can actually use it.
- daycareChild supervision facility
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- nurseryRoom for infants
- babysitterHired child caretaker
- nannyHired child caretaker
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