How parents cope in a child care wasteland

PFUNGSTADT, GERMANY - JULY 11: Kindergarten teacher Jennifer Karbot reads a fairy tale about ghosts to her children in a Kindergarten (Kita) on July 11, 2013 in Pfungstadt, Germany. According to numbers which were published by German Family minister Kristina Schroeder, the country reached a family-friendly milestone in boosting the number of child care places. More than 800,000 creche spots for under-three-year-olds would be available in the year starting August 1, surpassing a government target by about 30,000. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

A new study has found that a number of Los Angeles County communities, like Huntington Park, could be described as child care wastelands.

Many poor neighborhoods face a lack of infant, toddler and preschool options — making them child care wastelands.

The Advancement Project, a civil rights organization, has found that a number of Los Angeles County communities, like Huntington Park, could be described as just that.

"Despite years of gentrification, there are only enough child care spots for 19 percent of Huntington Park’s children under 5," reports KPCC's Deepa Fernandes. "Looking only at infants and toddlers, the area doesn't even have enough space in licensed childcare centers for 1 percent of the nearly 4,000 children 2 and younger who live here, according to the study."

The issue, like many things, is money.

Read the full story: Child care hard to find in parts of Los Angeles