bolster construction by incentivizing workers

Oregon is providing child care assistance for construction workers. Only 4.2% of construction workers are women and 22% of construction workers will leave the industry shortly. There’s a shortage of construction workers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that 27% of people who are not working say they aren’t looking for work because they need to provide care at home. Oregon says it is already helping with an increase of 28% of apprentices completing their programs with child care assistance.

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