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SUMMARY:Q2030 Business Forum on Childcare a a Workforce Solution
DESCRIPTION:Q2030 | Business Forum on Childcare as a Workforce Solution\n\nThursday\, September 8 | 8  - 10 a.m.\n\nCentre Station | Moline\, IL\n\n\n\nFree event | Advanced registration required\n\n\n\n Q2030\, Quad Cities Chamber and United Way Quad Cities are partnering on this event to discuss childcare as a workforce solution for Quad Cities employers.\n\n\n\nClick here more details and to register.\n\n\n\nAbout this event:\n\n\n\n\nAccess to affordable and quality childcare can impact your current workforce while also building the workforce we will need to remain globally competitive in the future.\n\nThe economic impact of childcare is real. In 2019 alone\, lack of childcare cost Illinois and Iowa employers nearly $3B in lost productivity\, revenue\, and earnings.\n\nQ2030 is partnering with the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and United Way Quad Cities to convene business leaders to discuss opportunities to address the childcare shortage as a way to build our workforce.\n\nHear from leading experts like Ready Nation Illinois and the Iowa Women's Foundation on tools for engaging in childcare friendly practices and participate in a facilitated group discussion with other business leaders on your needs and ideas to impact childcare in our region.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px\; padding: 0px\;">\n<p class="eds-text-bm" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; text-rendering: optimizelegibility\; font-size: 0.875rem\; line-height: 1.25rem\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><font color="#273238" face="arial\, sans-serif"><b>Q2030 | Business Forum on Childcare as a Workforce Solution</b></font><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;">Thursday\, September 8&nbsp\;| 8&nbsp\; - 10 a.m.<br />\nCentre Station | Moline\, IL</span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family: arial\;">Free event | Advanced registration required</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 14px\;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(39\, 50\, 56)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\;">&#8203\;</u></span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-weight: 700\;">Q2030\, Quad Cities Chamber and United Way Quad Cities are partnering on this event to discuss childcare as a workforce solution for Quad Cities employers.</span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-forum-on-childcare-as-a-workforce-solution-tickets-395291225697"><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00\;">Click here more details and to register.</span></strong></a></span></p>\n</div>\n\n<div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8 structured-content" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px\; padding: 0px\;">\n<h2 class="eds-text-bl eds-l-mar-bot-4" style="margin: 0px -0.25px 16px 0px\; padding: 0px\; text-rendering: optimizelegibility\; font-size: 1.125rem\; line-height: 1.5rem\; letter-spacing: 0.25px\; font-weight: 600\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">About this event:</span></h2>\n\n<div class="has-user-generated-content" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;">\n<div class="eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm structured-content-rich-text" style="margin: 24px 0px\; padding: 0px\; text-rendering: optimizelegibility\; font-size: 0.875rem\; line-height: 1.25rem\;">\n<div class="eds-text--left" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;">\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(111\, 114\, 135)\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 1.5rem\; font-family: &quot\;Neue Plak&quot\;\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, Roboto\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif\; letter-spacing: 0.5px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Access to affordable and quality childcare can impact your current workforce while also building the workforce we will need to remain globally competitive in the future.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 10px 0px 0px\; color: rgb(111\, 114\, 135)\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 1.5rem\; font-family: &quot\;Neue Plak&quot\;\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, Roboto\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif\; letter-spacing: 0.5px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">The economic impact of childcare is real. In 2019 alone\, lack of childcare cost Illinois and Iowa employers nearly $3B in lost productivity\, revenue\, and earnings.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 10px 0px 0px\; color: rgb(111\, 114\, 135)\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 1.5rem\; font-family: &quot\;Neue Plak&quot\;\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, Roboto\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif\; letter-spacing: 0.5px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Q2030 is partnering with the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and United Way Quad Cities to convene business leaders to discuss opportunities to address the childcare shortage as a way to build our workforce.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 10px 0px 0px\; color: rgb(111\, 114\, 135)\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 1.5rem\; font-family: &quot\;Neue Plak&quot\;\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, Roboto\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif\; letter-spacing: 0.5px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Hear from leading experts like&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.strongnation.org/readynation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line: none\; color: var(--eds-control\,#3659e3)\; cursor: pointer\; background-color: transparent\; padding-top: 0px\;" target="_blank">Ready Nation</a>&nbsp\;Illinois and the&nbsp\;<a href="https://iawf.org/business/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line: none\; color: var(--eds-control\,#3659e3)\; cursor: pointer\; background-color: transparent\;" target="_blank">Iowa Women&#39\;s Foundation</a>&nbsp\;on tools for engaging in childcare friendly practices and participate in a facilitated group discussion with other business leaders on your needs and ideas to impact childcare in our region.</span></p>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n
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