(13 WMAZ) – Daycare costs across the country are skyrocketing, and it is causing many families to answer tough questions and come up with some creative solutions.
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows Georgia joins nearly three dozen other states where childcare is now more expensive than some college tuitions. According to their numbers, parents in the peach state spend an average of $8,530 dollars a year on childcare per child. That comes out to more than $700 per month. The Economic Policy Institute says it now costs $1,324 a year more for daycare in Georgia than the average in-state tuition for a four-year public college.
“So you’re really just working to bring food home and go to work,” says Houston County mom Charis Stover. When she and her ex-husband looked for daycare for their son and twin daughters, it was going to cost them $450 a week.
