Challenges and Opportunities for Job Quality in the Childcare Sector

This video features a discussion where Maureen Conway, Executive Director of the Economic Opportunities Program at The Aspen Institute, interviews two Shared Success grantees about the childcare sector's challenges and opportunities. Explore insights from Jataune Hall (Director of Special Projects and Partnerships at Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon) and Lamont Jackson (Director of Technical Assistance, Black Business Investment Fund) as they examine how small business childcare providers face significant obstacles. Learn about the critical role childcare businesses play in supporting families, communities, and the broader workforce. Understand how low job quality in the childcare industry negatively impacts the predominantly female workforce, particularly women of color, while creating business challenges through high turnover and training costs. Discover how organizations like MESO in Oregon and BBIF in Florida are developing innovative solutions in the absence of comprehensive national childcare policy.