Thanks for taking the time to hear our family's story about childcare...
There is a serious childcare crisis in Park City, both in capacity and affordability.
We have been so unbelievably fortunate to have depended on PC Tots for the last 5.5 years. We are two full-time working parents who work in Park City. We got on the waitlist for our first child at 8 weeks pregnant. We were accepted 11 months after being on the waitlist...this was in 2017. It all worked out but it was stressful at that time with only a few weeks left of maternity leave and no definitive childcare in sight. Fast forward to 2019, our second child was on the way and we got on the waitlist at 4 weeks pregnant. We were finally accepted after 12 months on the waitlist, solely because there was a sibling enrolled at the same school (school policy to give priority). During the first week of childcare and Mom's first day back at work, the world shut down. PC Tots closed for 4 months and we were forced to find alternate childcare during that time while we attempted to work full-time. At the end of the day, one parent's take-home pay was $1/hour after paying a babysitter to continue to work to maintain insurance benefits for the whole family.
PC Tots has been an unbelievable resource for our community. Had we not been so fortunate, back in 2017 when we started at PC Tots, one parent would have been forced to leave the workforce. This is unacceptable in a community where we seem to have solutions to almost every problem, though this continues to persist.
The dream would be for every single child in Park City to access childcare at an affordable cost. If the community can raise $5.2 million in one single day (Live PC Give PC, 2022), we can accomplish anything...what better place to start than with kids, the future of our community?
Hi All,
Thanks for taking the time to hear our family's story about childcare...
There is a serious childcare crisis in Park City, both in capacity and affordability.
We have been so unbelievably fortunate to have depended on PC Tots for the last 5.5 years. We are two full-time working parents who work in Park City. We got on the waitlist for our first child at 8 weeks pregnant. We were accepted 11 months after being on the waitlist...this was in 2017. It all worked out but it was stressful at that time with only a few weeks left of maternity leave and no definitive childcare in sight. Fast forward to 2019, our second child was on the way and we got on the waitlist at 4 weeks pregnant. We were finally accepted after 12 months on the waitlist, solely because there was a sibling enrolled at the same school (school policy to give priority). During the first week of childcare and Mom's first day back at work, the world shut down. PC Tots closed for 4 months and we were forced to find alternate childcare during that time while we attempted to work full-time. At the end of the day, one parent's take-home pay was $1/hour after paying a babysitter to continue to work to maintain insurance benefits for the whole family.
PC Tots has been an unbelievable resource for our community. Had we not been so fortunate, back in 2017 when we started at PC Tots, one parent would have been forced to leave the workforce. This is unacceptable in a community where we seem to have solutions to almost every problem, though this continues to persist.
The dream would be for every single child in Park City to access childcare at an affordable cost. If the community can raise $5.2 million in one single day (Live PC Give PC, 2022), we can accomplish anything...what better place to start than with kids, the future of our community?
Karen Riley