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A CLASP report on child care relief funding in the American Rescue Plan was mentioned in this article.

On April 28, Kate Gallagher Robbins will speak on a panel titled "Federal Early Childhood Challenges and Opportunities: News from the National Front" at the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® and Child Care WAGE$® 2021 National Professional Development Virtual Symposium.

Kate Gallagher Robbins was quoted: “Infrastructure is the thing that makes our country a place where families can thrive, people can go to work."

A CLASP fact sheet about the American Rescue Plan state-by-state estimates in child care funding was referenced in this article.

A CLASP fact sheet about state by state estimate for child care funding in the American Rescue Plan was referenced in this article.

This article referenced a CLASP fact sheet about the American Rescue Plan's $50 billion in refief funding for the child care sector. 

Katherine Gallagher Robbins on the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan: "This is a transformative bill for families."

“One of the things we know families really struggle with is affordability,” said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, director for child care and early education at the Center for Law and Social Policy. “That's also an important part of the picture here.”

Katherine Gallagher Robbins was quoted about child care centers and in-home providers: “It’s hard to track. You could be in someone’s home, in a bigger center, on a military base.” 

Kate Gallagher Robbins was interviewed by Scripps TV about the current child care crisis: “Historically, there’s lots of research that shows that when there are child care interruptions, meaning something pops up, care falls through, kids get sick and have to go home. It is almost…