Lawmakers ask Congress for $80B for child care as COVID funds are set to expire
Democratic U.S. lawmakers are calling on Congress to provide new relief funding to child care programs around the country as relief passed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 is set to expire at the end of the month.
www.masslive.com
With relief funding for child care providers introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic set to expire at the end of the month, Democratic lawmakers in Congress are proposing major new funding for the sector.
The Childcare Stabilization Act, introduced Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the Senate, and by U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-5th District, in the House of Representatives, would bring $16 billion a year for the next five years in grants to child care programs cover costs.
The funds are intended to replace $24 billion in relief that was passed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, which is set to expire on Sept. 30.
So the dems need 80 billion to replace 24 billion....Sounds about right.
I don't know, if you can't afford childcare maybe you should stay home making a pot roast and study-up on contraception.
We need to send the fait money printers to the car crushers.