Addressing Utah's Childcare Issue on Thursday's Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published October 12, 2023 at 10:27 AM MDT

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, advocates are raising the alarm about a looming crisis in child care in Utah with potentially catastrophic effects. They are saying that families can’t afford to pay. Providers can’t afford to stay. Child care is impacting parents’ careers. And businesses and government officials can help. Today we’ll talk with Salt Lake Tribune Data Enterprise Reporter Megan Banta, Jenna Williams, Policy Analyst for Voices for Utah Children, and Jamie Andrus, President and CEO of Cache Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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