SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns are looking for ways to help girls and women be more successful in the state.

The Utah Women and Leadership Project led focus groups all across the state, discussing barriers girls and women face and ways local leaders could help them. The groups talked about topics ranging from affordable childcare, education, culture and, mental health.

The project’s founding Director, Dr. Susan Madsen, said they spent two hours with each focus group and one issue rose to the top.

“People are just struggling, no matter what county they are in, with options for affordable, quality, accessible child care.”

Madsen said some counties are encouraging people to start child care businesses, but it’s hard to make money in the industry. She said the government needs to get involved to

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