President John F. Kennedy once said, “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”

Child care remains a critical need. In a recent survey the Chamber conducted with local businesses, 97% rely on parents as workers, 62% report frequent staffing disruption because of childcare availability and 87% stated it was an important factor in recruiting and maintaining workers.

Like many big issues, our childcare shortages will not be resolved with a swipe of the b...