Davidson County Child Care Landscape Study

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To understand variation in supply of and demand for child care across Davidson County and the surrounding areas, Raising Readers Nashville has partnered with Dr. Cynthia Osborne and the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of Education and Human Development to conduct the Davidson County Child Care Landscape Study. Phase I of the study examines child care supply and population metrics that inform demand at the local level across the county. This executive summary offers the five key takeaways from Phase I of the study.

Read the full summary from Raising Readers Nashville

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