For the last four years, early childhood education providers have grappled with the challenges of adapting to the changing needs of families, volatile enrollments, increased staff salaries, and other cost increases that create significant financial demands. These challenges have required early education leaders to adeptly navigate the delicate balance between tempering tuition rates and the new cost of care, reconciling affordability for families and subsidy systems with the realities of running a sustainable child care organization. At the same time, these challenges have created stronger recruitment, onboarding, and retention systems, fostered greater collaboration among stakeholders eager to continue delivering high-quality education for the nation’s youngest learners, and largely heightened the sector’s desire to grow and serve more families, children, and staff.

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