1. “Child care desert” read more

-Las Vegas Review-Journal

2. “Parents in Nevada rely on access to quality, affordable child care services. Unfortunately, many families are experiencing sky-high costs for child care and a lack of availability in Nevada.” read more

-Senator Jacky Rosen

3. “Nevada is a childcare desert due to not enough infrastructure and childcare workers, capacity building in both areas is needed.” read more

-Childcare Policy Report

4. “If you think about our economic crisis with the inflation in housing and the inflation in food and the inflation in interest rates and everything else, the percentage of people’s income that’s going toward child care here in our state is egregious,” Raines said. “It’s outrageous.” read more

-Tara Raines, deputy director of the Children’s Advocacy Alliance

5. “Nevada couples have highest child care cost burden in nation, 2023 Kids Count report finds” read more

-Reno Gazette Journal

6. “A severe lack of child care is rippling through the state, affecting not only families but their places of employment.” read more

“There is another bigger problem,” Goynes-Brown said. “There are simply not enough providers to meet the demand.”

Nevada is home to roughly 177,000 children younger than 5 years old, with only 445 licensed child care facilities in Southern Nevada and 195 licensed child care providers in Washoe County, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. 

-The Nevada Independant

Note: Child care proponents are urging families to reapply for child care subsidies after the program was expanded last year by $50 million. Families making $60,000 to $70,000 per year for a household of four are now eligible for subsidies — nearly double the previous income threshold, which limited access to subsidies to families that make up to 130 percent of the poverty level, or $36,075 a year for a family of four.