The emergency funding allocated to child care providers during the pandemic is set to expire Saturday.
“Child care stabilization funding was a lifeline for providers and the families that rely on them,” said Julie Kashen, a senior fellow and the director for women’s economic justice at the Century Foundation. Without reliable child care, families will be forced to make “tough choices, reduce hours, shift hours,” she said. “That impact will be felt mostly by moms.”
From left, Democratic Reps. Andy Kim, Dan Goldman, Jimmy Gomez and Rashida Tlaib announce the Congressional Dads Caucus on Jan. 26.Losing the funding would"exacerbate a child care crisis that’s already going on in our country," Gomez said. He said he has tried to stress to his colleagues across the aisle,"This is not about giving a handout; this is about economic competitiveness and keeping our economy going.
“The minute that this funding ends on Saturday, you’re going to see all these gains in the labor market start to dissipate,” said Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Moms First, an advocacy group. “It’s not just women with children or parents with children [in day care]. Everybody’s going to feel this. Teachers, nurses, retail workers, they have children, too.”
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