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哭了！旧金山托儿业崩溃！我们照顾孩子，谁来照顾我们？
(NBC)An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals many California child care facilities are in danger of closing permanently. Health risks vastly reduced income and skyrocketing costs are devastating the industry statewide.
NBC Area 的一项调查显示，加州许多儿童保育机构有永久关闭的危险。健康风险收入的大幅减少和飞涨的成本正在摧毁整个州的产业。
James Liu’s 18-month-old son has a temperature of 97.1, which means it’s okay to drop him off at Lil Nancy’s Primary Schoolhouse in West Oakland.
詹姆斯·刘(James Liu) 18个月大的儿子的体温是97.1度，这意味着可以把他送到西奥克兰Lil Nancy的小学。
“My wife and I both kind of depend on Miss Nancy being open and available for us. And it's been a huge help,” said Liu, who runs a medical practice. He and his wife are both back to work, and without day care, “One of us would have to stay at home with him and that would really, really hurt the finances."
“我妻子和我都依赖南希小姐对我们的开放。这帮了我很大的忙。”他和妻子都回去工作了，如果没有日托，“我们中的一个人就得呆在家里陪他，这真的会严重影响财务状况。”
“We care for the children. But who's caring for us?”
“我们照顾孩子们。但谁在照顾我们呢?”
Miss Nancy Harvey, Lil Nancy's Primary Schoolhouse
南希·哈维小姐，莉莉·南希的小学
But Nancy Harvey, who left the corporate world to start her child care business 16 years ago, doesn’t know how much longer she can continue to operate under the pressures of COVID-19. “I wouldn't be able to continue to pay my staff. So, I'd have to let my staff go,” said Harvey.
16年前离开商界、创办了托儿所的南希•哈维(Nancy Harvey)不知道，在COVID-19的压力下，自己还能坚持多久。“我将无法继续支付我的员工工资。所以，我不得不让我的员工离开。”
"We're we're not valued . That's what it boils down to, we simply are not valued," said Nancy Harvey, who has operated a home-based day care in West Oakland for 16 years. (NBC Bay Area, July 8, 2020)
“我们不被重视。南希·哈维说，她在西奥克兰经营了16年的家庭托儿所。(NBC湾区，2020年7月8日)
According to a new study released by UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE), out of more than 950 child care facilities surveyed by the study, one in four programs have closed. Among those that remain open, 99% of the preschools and 77% of the family-run programs have fewer children attending.
根据加州大学伯克利分校儿童保育就业研究中心(CSCCE)发布的一项新研究，该研究调查的950多家儿童保育机构中，四分之一已经关闭。在那些仍在开放的学校中，99%的幼儿园和77%的家庭学校的孩子人数都在减少。
SOURCE: CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHILD CARE EMPLOYMENT
资料来源:儿童保育就业研究中心
“We care for the children. But who's caring for us?” said Nancy Harvey, who said she will not be able to stay open much longer under the current conditions.
“我们关心孩子们。但谁在照顾我们呢?她说，在目前的情况下，她无法继续营业太久。
“We cannot talk about reopening our economy without having a conversation about how families will care for their children.”
“如果不讨论家庭如何照顾孩子，我们就不能谈论重新开放经济。”
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, U.S. House of Representatives
美国众议院女议员罗莎·德劳罗
The National Women’s Law Center estimates that child care providers will need $9.6 billion per month to survive. The Child Care is Essential Act, introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, would create a $50 billion fund to help child care providers cover operating costs. The measure will be up for a vote in the House of Representatives next week.
全国妇女法律中心估计，儿童看护机构每月需要96亿美元才能生存。康涅狄格州众议员罗莎·德劳罗(Rosa DeLauro)提出的《儿童保育至关重要法案》(Child Care is Essential Act)将创建一个500亿美元的基金，帮助儿童保育机构支付运营成本。该法案将于下周在众议院进行投票。
“We cannot talk about reopening our economy without having a conversation about how families will care for their children,” Congresswoman DeLauro said, adding, “Child care was already expensive and difficult to find before the pandemic. The situation is deteriorating rapidly and could become catastrophic.”
德劳洛说:“我们不能在不讨论家庭如何照顾孩子的情况下就谈论重新开放经济。”她还说，“在大流行之前，儿童保育已经很昂贵，而且很难找到。情况正在迅速恶化，可能会造成灾难性的后果。”
“We have to start thinking of this as a very large societal issue because after all, we enable other folks to go to work,” said Nancy Harvey.
她说:“我们不得不开始考虑这是一个很大的社会问题,因为毕竟,我们让其他人去工作。”
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