Financial Consequences of Orange County’s Child Care Shortage Exceed $4 Billion

Children's backpacks and shoes at a daycare, in Langley, B.C., Canada, on May 29, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

A shortage of child care agencies in Orange County, California, has resulted in a loss of more than $4 billion annually in lost production and wages, officials say.

Child care advocates said that more than 67,000 jobs are lost every year in Orange County, and $372 million is lost in tax revenue, due to a lack of child care options.