The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [EDC] and YWCA McLean County are proposing significant public and private sector investment in affordable child care for the community. After a yearlong study, the report Building McLean County’s Future: A Collaborative Strategy for Childcare Solutions, lays out average child care costs that, coupled with mortgage or rent payments, consumes about half the income of a median household [$78,500] in McLean County.

The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [EDC] and YWCA McLean County are proposing significant public and private sector investment in affordable child care for the community.&nbsp;After a yearlong study, the report Building McLean County&rsquo;s Future: A Collaborative Strategy for Childcare Solutions, lays out average child care costs that, coupled with mortgage or rent payments, consumes about half the income of a median household [$78,500] in McLean County.

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EDC and YWCA report lays out McLean County's child care crisis

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