CLASP

This article says the Murray-Kaine proposal "proposal would provide more funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), expanding access to an estimated 23,256 children in Virginia according to an analysis by the Center for Law and Social Policy."

Stephanie Schmit, the director of childcare and early education at CLASP, told The New Republic that this investment would increase the reach of the existing block grants by 70 percent.

"The core of the proposal — more federal funds flowing to the states — would increase the number of children receiving child care assistance by1 million or more, according to an estimate by the Center for Law and Social Policy, while also expanding the supply…

"A report by the Center for Law and Social Policy, the National Women’s Law Center and the Century Foundation, a trio of liberal think tanks, found the child care workforce has dropped by more than 10% from its pre-pandemic levels."

"A recent Center for Law and Social Policy report found that child care employment peaked at 631,000 in 2011 and then began to fall."

"Notably, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) published a fact sheet that estimates that more than one million children could benefit from the new proposal."

Stephanie Schmit was quoted: “I’m nervous about what’s going to happen in a year or two years when those resources give out if we don’t get additional federal investment."

"Last week, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) released an analysis estimating that one million new children would be served with the increase in CCDBG funding."

"According to the Center on Law and Social Policy, the plan would benefit more than 1 million children with increased access to affordable child care and early learning services."

This article quotes Alycia Hardy: "For example, the availability of child care remains about 12 percent lower than it was before 2020, according to Alycia Hardy."