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A CLASP report was quoted about the $39 billion in funded needed for child care.
"Ello fue modificado y, esta vez, el proyecto aprobado hizo "elegibles para el pago de $1,400 a 2.2 millones de niños con un número de Seguro Social (cuyos padres carecen ambos de un número de Seguro Social)", respondió Wendy Cervantes."
Alycia Hardy on how the pandemic was an issue for women who had to leave the workforce to care for children.
“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.”
Olivia Golden on the $50 billion child care funding: “This is the biggest investment in child care since World War II."
"’The American Rescue Plan represents a powerful change in social policy in the United States,’ said Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy.”
Statement from Olivia Golden on the signing of the historic COVID relief package—and the road ahead to a full recovery.
In this audio segment, Christine Johnson-Staub was quoted about how $40 billion in child care funding would help stabilize child care programs and make the system stronger going forward.
While the sector received a critical down payment on relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, President Biden’s American Rescue Plan offers a bold investment in child care relief, finally delivering on the promise of a total of at least $50 billion in direct relief funding.
The American Rescue Plan, which passed Congress on March 10 and will be signed by President Biden upon receipt, includes several critical supports for families related to nutrition, child poverty, health care, mental health, and more.