More than a quarter said they would have to cut wages — from a median hourly wage of about $12. Nearly a third of providers, including 44 percent at those owned by minorities, said they might consider leaving their job or, in the case of home-based child care, closing altogether. “Federal funding made a huge difference,” said Julie Kashen, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and an author of the new report. Without the grants, she said, the center, which her parents started 40 years ago, would have closed during the pandemic. She used the money to raise hourly pay to $15 “because they all deserve it,” she said.

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Persons: ”, Julie Kashen, Jen Whyte Organizations: Century Foundation Locations: Millcreek , Utah