Trump’s War on Child Care
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Even when child care funding is flowing, inflation means that money doesn’t go as far. Congress’s March 2025 continuing resolution kept the CCDBG spending levels the same as they were for fiscal year 2024. The Center for Law and Social Policy crunched the numbers, however, factoring in the rate of inflation, and found that 24,000 children could lose their access to child care. If levels aren’t increased in the next round of funding, that number could double.
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