{"id":37062,"date":"2018-10-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/early-care-education-is-a-smart-investment-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:19:02","slug":"early-care-education-is-a-smart-investment-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/early-care-education-is-a-smart-investment-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Care &amp; Education is a Smart Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why is investing in high-quality early care and education necessary for Alaska?<\/p>\n<p>Early care and education has a profound effect not only on our children\u2019s outcomes, but on Alaska\u2019s economy as well.<\/p>\n<p>The research is well-established. High-quality early care and education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keeps Alaskans working \u2013 1 in 6 are able to work because they have access to child care.<\/li>\n<li>Provides $2 Billion in wages \u2013 Alaskans are able to earn as a result of access to care for their children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research also shows that the most efficient way to boost productivity in the workforce over next few decades is to invest in today\u2019s youngest. Families<br \/>\n    with access to high-quality child care not only supports a child&#8217;s healthy development, it creates a stable workforce for Alaska\u2019s employers. When<br \/>\n    working parents have reliable, quality care their productivity increases and absenteeism decreases.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in high-quality child care does more than help our children. It strengthens our economy and benefits our community.<\/p>\n<p>It is a win-win for Alaska\u2019s families, employers, and economy. <\/p>\n<p>Join <strong>thread<\/strong> in advocating for access to high-quality, affordable child care so that we can keep Alaska\u2019s families working and contributing<br \/>\n    to our economy.<\/p>\n<p>Vote For Kids this November and keep working families in mind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a smart investment with a big return today and tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p><em>Video produced in partnership with Alaska Children\u2019s Trust<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/content\/thread\/donor-logos\/act.jpg?Action=thumbnail&amp;algorithm=fill_proportional&amp;width=150\" width=\"150\" \/><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[27,29],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37062","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry","news_tags-alaska","news_tags-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Early Care &amp; Education is a Smart Investment - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/early-care-education-is-a-smart-investment-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early Care &amp; Education is a Smart Investment - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Why is investing in high-quality early care and education necessary for Alaska? 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