Emergency Child Care Funding Set to Expire, Putting Facilities and Working Families at Risk

Emergency child care funding from the pandemic expires this weekend, putting thousands of facilities at risk of closing and impacting millions of families.
Congressional lawmakers with young kids are pushing to extend the funding before the deadline, but the effort faces obstacles in the Republican-led House.
The funding expiration could exacerbate the existing child care crisis and have broad economic consequences as parents struggle to work without care.
Advocates say permanent solutions are needed for issues like high costs, but short-term funding is crucial to avoid mass closures in the meantime.
Some Republican lawmakers also see child care as a priority but have not gotten support within their conference for action on Democratic proposals.

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Posted 9/29/2023, 12:00:40 PM