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This article

Promising Trends, but Discouraging Numbers, in Early Childhood Education Workforce

published on the New America Foundation blog outlines the current workforce issues in early education and care with specific references to Home-Based Child Care providers. The data comes from  a paper entitled:

The early childhood care and education workforce from 1990 through 2010: Changing dynamics and persistent concerns 

The first link is a one-pager, but hunker down with a cup of coffee if you plan to tackle the original article.  It is LONG but worthwhile.