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New Brief and State Profiles: Federal Child Care Relief Funds Increased Access and Supported Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the child care crisis into the national spotlight, but families, providers, and children have long experienced challenges due to the lack of comprehensive child care and early education systems. To date, the $50 billion in pandemic relief funding Congress delivered to support children, families, and early educators has made a substantial impact on the state of child care in our country. States have used the federal child care relief dollars to expand child care assistance eligibility, waive copayments, increase provider wages, eliminate child care deserts, and much more.
In a new brief and four state profiles [[link removed]] featuring work in Louisiana, Michigan, New York, and Virginia, CLASP details the successes and challenges of the relief funding implementation process. The resources also highlight how the funding ultimately made a difference in shaping the lives of families and child care providers.
However, at the end of next month, states will face the first deadline for spending their federal child care relief funds. As this fiscal cliff looms, state child care agencies, child care providers, and families with young children will face major challenges in providing and accessing care due to the continued crisis of a vastly underfunded child care system. These resources outline the progress that is at stake without a significant, permanent increase in federal funding.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Rachel Wilensky at rwilensky@clasp.org [rwilensky@clasp.org] .
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New
research
from
@CLASPChildCare
shows
how
#childcarerelief
enabled
states
to
achieve
long-overdue
improvements
to
#ChildCare
that
better
support
families
and
providers
–
and
the
risks
of
its
upcoming
expiration.
#ARPA
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Federal
#childcarerelief
funds
led
to
vital
improvements
and
necessary
stabilization
across
states.
New
research
from
@CLASPChildCare
highlights
these
successes
&
deep
concerns
that
this
progress
may
be
short-lived
as
the
funding
cliff
approaches.
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#ChildCare
pandemic
relief
funds
allowed
states
to
expand
access
to
assistance,
make
care
more
affordable,
and
increase
wages
for
providers.
New
research
from
@CLASPChildCare
shows
this
crucial
progress
is
at
stake
without
increased
federal
funding.
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