Congrats to Eva Manderson, program administrator of our Child Care Resource & Referral program, for recently being featured by Let's Talk Tillamook, a Q&A-style program that helps community members understand public policy, health care, economic and social issues in the region. 

Host Shaena Peterson asked Eva about the state of child care in Tillamook County and neighboring counties and what her team is doing to develop more child care opportunities for families. 

"This is hard, demanding work, and wages often don't reflect its importance," Eva says. "We support providers with training, licensing, business coaching, and grants, but fewer people are willing to enter the field when funding is unstable."

Eva says her dream is affordable child care for families and fair pay for early educators. 

"Child care is the business that makes all other business possible," she says. 

Read the full transcript or listen to the interview on YouTube.