Connections: Child Care Subsidies As A Business Investment

Over the past 15 years, the number of Monroe County children benefiting from child care subsidies has fallen substantially. Today, we take a look at what that means from a business standpoint. It might seem crude, but it turns out there's a direct relationship between child care funding and the success of the local business community. That subject is the specialty of Rob Grunewald, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He's in Rochester as a guest speaker, and he's one of our guests on Connections: Rob Grunewald, economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisJenn O'Connor, Council for a Strong AmericaLarry Marx, executive director of The Children's Agenda