AABP EP Awards 728x90

Day care shortage hampers economies at the county level

/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BR_web_311x311.jpeg

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: When Kyle Roed, senior human resources manager at Omega Cabinetry in Waterloo, and his wife were 12 weeks pregnant with their first child, they signed him up for day care. They had to, because the waiting list for quality child care in Black Hawk County is so long. It wasn’t until their son was 2 months old that he was off the waiting list. After studying the issue, Roed knew the lack of child care was a business issue, and was perhaps one of the biggest ones his business faced. As a result, Omega Cabinetry implemented modifications in the way it does business. But Omega is not alone in the challenges it faces.