Michigan Business Network

Chris Holman welcomes back Carrie Rosingana, CEO of CAMW! Capital Area Michigan Works!, Lansing, MI, but serving Ingham Eaton and Clinton Counties. Their theme for February 2025: Capital Area Michigan Works! CEO Carrie Rosingana discusses the Capital Area Child Care Coalition and their new website, which now includes functions to connect businesses and families with important child care resources. Question: Why is accessible and affordable child care important to families, employees and employers? ● Access to quality, affordable childcare is a barrier for many working adults and families today. ● Research shows unaffordable and non-available child care causes a decrease in employment retainment, increased stress on working parents and decreased workforce efficiency. ○ According to American Progress, child care is the work that supports all other work by enabling parents to participate in the workforce. Among parents who are not working full-time, 3 in 5 say they would choose to do so if they had access to