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VC Uncovered · Courtney Leimkuhler, Springbank.VC

Half of Daycares Can't Open Rooms

“There's a very large percentage, I think half of day cares, that are running under the capacity of their physical footprint.”

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paying is still, you know, pretty paper based in a lot of settings. And actually a stat that has really like blown me away is we think about the term child care deserts. A lot of people use that term as parts of the country where, you know, there's no available child care slot for, you know, 40 mile radius or something like that. And which is totally true.

However, what the stat that I heard just so mind blowing is there's a very large percentage like half of day cares. I think it is are running under the capacity of their physical footprint. So they are basically facing talent and worker shortages that mean they cannot

reliably open that second classroom even though they have the physical space to do it. And so to me, if there

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