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Along with helping child care facilities stay open, American Rescue Plan funds helped many providers increase wages for child care workers, who have long been among the country’s lowest-paid workers.
An investigation by The Missouri Independent and MuckRock found that despite hundreds of millions in federal pandemic relief money pouring into the state, child care facilities are facing huge staffing shortages and parents are struggling with long waitlists for care.
Caregivers are going before the St. Louis County Council to ask leaders to earmark $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars to prioritize childcare education.