Houston Katrina Evacuees Still Facing Child Care Crunch

With over 100,000 Hurricane Katrina Evacuees still residing in Houston, the area faces several economic problems - including how to care for the children of evacuees.

While this is a nationwide issue, it is even more concentrated in the Houston area. Evacuees are trying to rebuild their lives, finding jobs, health care, etc. - but affordable, accessible child care proves to be a stumbling block.

It's the same old child daycare "Catch 22" - I need a job to pay for child care, but without child care, I can't get a job. The "spread" between the cost of care and the wage that a person can earn must justify going back to work. Otherwise, it's hard to justify working 30-40 hours per week just to pay the daycare provider, with not enough left over to live on.

All these months after Katrina, this is still a Houston area problem. However, the US government is helping. FEMA housing has been extended through 2009, and a program offers free child care to those working at least 30 hours per week.

Here's a related article:

Many Katrina evacuees in Houston still unemployed 19 months later



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