BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210707T184500Z DTEND:20210707T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Childcare is a Workforce Issue DESCRIPTION:Childcare is a Workforce Issue\n\n\n\nOur July Membership Meeting takes a look at the impact of childcare on business with a keynote from Amy K. Anderson\, director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues\, Association of Washington Business.\n\n\n\nThe Federal Way Chamber recognizes that childcare is a critical workforce issue as well as a growth opportunity for this industry in our area.\n\n\n\nAccording to the Child Care Industry Assessment Report released by the WA Department of Commerce\, "nearly one in five (18.3%) of parents surveyed turned down a job offer or promotion due to child care issues\, more often among Black and Native American parents. Nearly half (47%) of unemployed parents found child care issues a barrier to seeking employment 51% among female job-seekers compared to 41% among male job-seekers."\n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO\n\nAmy K. Anderson is AWB's director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues. Before joining AWB's government affairs team\, Amy was a strategic consultant for the AWB Institute for almost four years\, bringing more than 10 years of policy analysis and advocacy experience to the position. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Childcare is a Workforce Issue
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\nOur July Membership Meeting takes a look at the impact of childcare on business with a keynote from Amy K. Anderson\, director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues\, Association of Washington Business.
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\nThe Federal Way Chamber recognizes that childcare is a critical workforce issue as well as a growth opportunity for this industry in our area.
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\nAccording to the Child Care Industry Assessment Report released by the WA Department of Commerce\, &ldquo\;nearly one in five (18.3%) of parents surveyed turned down a job offer or promotion due to child care issues\, more often among Black and Native American parents. Nearly half (47%) of unemployed parents found child care issues a barrier to seeking employment&mdash\;51% among female job-seekers compared to 41% among male job-seekers.&rdquo\;
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\nSPEAKER BIO
\nAmy K. Anderson is AWB&rsquo\;s director of government affairs for education\, workforce development\, health care and federal issues. \; Before joining AWB&rsquo\;s government affairs team\, Amy was a strategic consultant for the AWB Institute for almost four years\, bringing more than 10 years of policy analysis and advocacy experience to the position.
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