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Help Houston single parents in need have access to quality, Christ-centered childcare for their infants and toddlers.

Child Care: A Case of Need

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At any given time, approximately 8,000 to 12,000 GULF COAST parents await government assistance for CHILD CARE EXPENSE. It is the longest waitlist of its kind.

As shocking as this number is, an estimated 10 TIMES this many qualify.

State-wide, 1.3 MILLION CHILDREN have parents who meet the federal guidelines for assistance.

Yet, less than 10% receive it due to excessive demand.

A recent study cited Houston as the WORST city in AMERICA for single parents due to a lack of affordable child care and workplace protections.

Magnify Money, April 2019

The REASON?

The MATH doesn’t add up.

A minimum-wage worker earns only $15K a year yet infant daycare runs $10K a year.

And THIS is at a minimum-standard facility.

For comparison, this is the same cost as annual tuition at the University of Houston.

Quality care costs around $20K a year.

As a result, 3 out of 4 Houston children in child care are in unregulated care, putting both them and their parents at risk for government intervention.

Either way, both are COMPLETELY out of reach for low-income Houstonians.

The good news is when Houston DISCOVERS a SOLUTION it can likewise be far reaching.

The answer is a Single-Parent Cooperative, where trained parents supplement experienced staff to greatly reduce cost.

The One School

Trained parents. Experienced Teachers, Safer community for children in need. 

Did you know 95% of Houston’s low-income families cannot afford quality infant and toddler care?

A minimum-wage worker in Houston makes approximately $15,000 a year. Yet, infant and toddler child care runs between $10,000 and $20,000 per child per year. For low-income singles the cost is completely out of reach.

But with your donation and Project One Day’s unique cooperative model, parents themselves have the power to change this.

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