The challenge could have wide-ranging implications for El Paso parents eager to return to the workplace - particularly mothers. Meanwhile, other El Paso child care providers - including city daycares and pre-schools - remain closed. The YWCA currently cares for 400 children in its day care and after-school programs, or 2,000 children shy of its pre-pandemic levels. With fewer workers to meet the resurging demand for child care - the result of a restructuring economy combined with Fort Bliss recruiters’ higher wage offerings - waitlists for El Paso day cares and after school programs have expanded. A January report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that one in six child care jobs were lost since the pandemic began. The current shortage of child caregivers comes after many child care businesses were forced to close during the pandemic, as some parents opted to keep their children at home. The local competition for child care workers is also playing out nationally, as employers across many industries find themselves unable to attract new employees at pre-pandemic wages. The agency denied an interview request from El Paso Matters and did not respond to questions about its child care standards or the ratio of caregivers to migrant children at the Fort Bliss site. The Office of Refugee Resettlement oversees the new emergency intake sites, part of a network of 200 facilities in 22 states that provides shelter for unaccompanied migrant children. MVM, Inc., a private security contractor, advertised for “bilingual travel youth care workers” to escort migrant children to emergency intake sites across the country. As of June 10, a job ad posted on the job search engine showed PAE, a global corporation, recruiting in El Paso for “travel childcare worker” positions at a facility for unaccompanied migrant children in Albion, Michigan. (Department of Health and Human Services photo)Īt least one company also appears to be recruiting El Paso child care workers for positions at emergency intake sites in other parts of the country. They were accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, to Castro’s right. Veronica Escobar, left, and Julian Castro, center, inspected the Fort Bliss shelter for migrant children in late May.
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