Today, Best Starts for Kids within the King County Department of Community and Human Services launched applications for the Best Starts Child Care Worker Wage Boost Pilot for child care providers in King County. The Wage Boost Pilot is a $25 million investment made possible through the Best Starts for Kids levy and is estimated to reach 1,400 child care workers in the region.
Child care workers provide essential care and early education with skill and expertise and remain some of the lowest paid workers. In King County, child care workers would need to see their salaries almost doubled to reach the living wage floor. These low wages contribute to high turnover, lack of economic stability for workers and their families, as well as uncertainty for the child care sector and community.
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