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AWB Videos Earn Recognition
AWB Creative Director Brian Temple has been
acknowledged for his work to document the challenges
and successes of Washington’s employer community.
Four videos produced by Temple received Videographer
Awards in this year’s contest, which included 1,500 entries
from around the world.
Packages on the 2018 Policy Summit and Opportunity
Washington earned Awards of Distinction. Videos of the
2018 Manufacturing Week Bus Tour and legislation on
independent contractors earned honorable mentions.
AWB Institute
New Report Looks at Cost of Childcare
A new report released at the Policy Summit in
September found that the lack of affordable child
care is costing Washington businesses more than
$2 billion per year in employee turnover or missed
work, and the total cost to the state economy tops
more than $6.5 billion per year.
The report, titled “The Mounting Costs of Child
Care: Impacts of child care affordability and
access to Washington’s employers and economy,”
was produced in partnership with the AWB Insti-
tute, Child Care Aware of Washington, Children’s
Alliance, Department of Commerce, and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
It was based on a survey of 400 Washington
households with children under the age of six. Elway Research Inc. conducted the sur-
vey and experts from the Eastern Washington University Institute of Public Policy and
Economic Analysis analyzed the economic impacts based on the responses.
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