Chloe Learey: Early care is a critical for economic development

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chloe Learey, the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro. She served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Financing High-Quality, Affordable Child Care. You can learn more by visiting winstonprouty.org.
Often, as executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development, people who do not have young children ask me: “I don’t have kids. Why should I care about child care?