Child care is often expensive, hard-to-find and deeply necessary for working parents and guardians. With schools being out for the summer, many families in Middle Tennessee are in need for child care.
To help address these access issues, Metro Council approved a measure that provides $7.5 million to support child care and early childhood education in Nashville this April. Today, we’re sitting down with community stakeholders to learn what this infusion of funding means for the future of child care in Nashville.
We’re also joined by a panel of parents sharing their experiences of trying to find child care and how it has impacted their personal and professional lives.
But first, WPLN morning producer Alexis Marshall joins us to discuss how she found the answer to the latest Curious Nashville question about why the state’s driver exam isn’t offered in Arabic, Tennessee’s third most spoken language.
Guests:
- Alexis Marshall, WPLN morning producer
- Erika Hernandez Harrison, mother of a 9-month-old girl
- Megan Charalambakis, mother of a 7-month-old son
- Lindsay McClain Opiyo, mother of a 5-year-old son
- Travis Claybrooks, CEO of the Raphah Institute
- Annie Paraison, interim director of the 18th Avenue Family Enrichment Center
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