The Continuing Resolution includes $500 million for CCDBG, half of which will be used for disaster relief in affected states and the other half to be allocated among all states as emergency discretionary funding.
By Jackie Mader EXCERPT Partly as a result, only a fraction of families — about 10 percent — who are eligible under the federal recommendation actually get subsidies, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy. The variance in state policies means a family may qualify…
By Alia Wong, USA TODAY EXCERPT: “The funding that’s required is too significant for states to try to do this alone,” said Rachel Wilensky of the Center For Law and Social Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for low-income people. Read the full…
Rachel Wilensky was quoted: “This historic underinvestment in the child care system that has been ever-present intersects with long-standing gender and racial inequities."
Relief funding has been a critical lifeline for child care providers and families with young children. But providers need more support to recover and for transformative change.