Child care crisis hampers the economy, here and nationwide
The child care business has for years operated in a broken, paradoxical market: low wages for workers and high costs for consumers. Yet the critical service somehow managed to limp along. Now the pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits which jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow. Continue reading at The Associated Press. (Elaine Thompson)
Public health officials declare victory against hepatitis A in Washington after successful vaccine push
While thousands of new daily COVID-19 cases are showing up in Washington state, health officials say that cases of hepatitis A, a less-publicized disease that threatened the state, have apparently been beaten back thanks to vaccination efforts. Reported cases of hepatitis A, a virus that sent 263 people to the hospital and killed nine in Washington since early 2019, have significantly declined, according to local and state public health officials, who last week declared victory in a two-and-a-half-year fight with hepatitis A in 21 Washington counties. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Sylvia Jarrus)
Washington’s eviction moratorium bridge expires
After a slow start, King County’s Eviction Protection Rental Assistance Program (EPRAP) is fully operational and processing payments at its top speed, but the county still has thousands of open applications after the eviction moratorium bridge expired on Sunday, Oct. 31. Leaders say South King County has the largest need for additional rental assistance and expect more people to still sign up. “We know that there are communities that still need to get help, and that we have an obligation to go out and find them because those are often the communities that are the highest risk of eviction,” said Leo Flor, director of the King County department of community and human services. Continue reading at KING 5.
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