Community college student parents need child care. Here’s how colleges can help

Community college students are often balancing lives and responsibilities outside of school — from work to family obligations. For students with young children, the struggle to find and afford child care can make a tricky balance close to impossible.

Colleges across the state are finding ways to lessen the burden of child care challenges for their students and communities, from providing on-campus child care and subsidies to strengthening and expanding the child care workforce.

And state leaders are calling for more colleges to follow suit.