{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Child Care Matters: Built to Break","title":"Episode 8: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1372,"description":"Poor child care costs America over $172 billion dollars a year. What can we do about it? \n\nIn the final episode of Child Care Matters: Built to Break we look back across the series to try and answer this question. We look through all of the interviews we’ve done and try to find stands of hope and progress. \n\nIn this episode, we cover the highlights of the series, from the structural bureaucracy of the system-of-non-systems, and we look at the physical toll that child care takes on providers. We also look at what’s working in the child care system, what states are getting right, and which issues we can start addressing today. \n\nIn this episode:\nSabina Andersson — Colorado Department of Early Childhood\n\nRep. Kate Farrar — Connecticut State Representative\n\nSarah Rittling — Executive Director, First Five Years Fund\n\nErica Phillips  - Executive Director of The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) \nBenu Chhabra — Early childhood educator and advocate\nWendy Doyle — President & CEO of United WE. \nSimon Workman — Co-founder & Principal, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies\n\nSonja Castañeda-Cudney — Parent (Los Angeles)\nChild Care Matters: Built to Break examines America's early childhood system from the\nperspectives of parents, providers, and experts, one piece of the puzzle at a time. If this\nepisode resonated with you, share it with someone navigating the child care system right now,\nand follow the show so you don't miss what comes next. For more information, go to\ngetbridgecare.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mliAqP_lgAxQyLg0hBy6YkBcAD-eKNELbEZOSMTfkgQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82OWU0/YmMzNmMwYmIzMDQ1/MGZkNGJhOTQyOWRj/MzlhMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}