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• The percentage of the county's female labor work force employed outside the home increased from 43% in 1970 to about 66% in 2004. Families with both parents working outside the home increasingly rely on child care and early childhood educators to help educate young children and prepare them for successful transition to school.

• Children who receive quality early childhood education are better able to transition smoothly into kindergarten and are less likely to require remedial support and costly assistance throughout grades K-12. As a result, parents are better able to focus on their work and are less likely to have unscheduled leave from work to address remedial issues during the first twelve years children are in school.

• Businesses consider their employees to be their most valuable asset. Today, you have the opportunity to give your employees pride and satisfaction - knowing that their children are benefiting from quality early childhood education in the county. Confidence and security at home can go a long way in making your employees be successful at work.