Affordable childcare seemed like an impossible task. This is the simple way Vermont pulled it off

Get the Full StoryWhen business owners noticed their employees couldn t find childcare they got the state to pass a 0.44 payroll tax. A year later, the state has 90 new child care programs and 1,000 new child care spots.

Walking around the factory floor of Twincraft Skincare, outside Burlington, Vermont, there is the unmistakable scent of soap. The general manager points out the luxury lines and designer labels for whom they manufacture soaps and lotions, as well as the basic, inexpensive bars and bottles left on hotel room sinks. The factory runs two 10-hour shifts per day, four days a week, with an overtime option as needed. At over 400 employees, Twincraft is one of the top employers in the state.

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