America's Child Care Crunch: How States Are Looking to Aid the System – The 74
States are spending more money and creating new incentives to ease the severe child care crisis
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States are spending more money and creating new incentives to ease the severe child care crisis
States are spending more money and creating new incentives to ease the severe child care crisis, with most federal pandemic aid set to dry up in September.
The efforts come as billion in federal pandemic aid to child care centers is set to end and parents' expectations rise.
After COVID, states said that they had underestimated how much childcare plays a role in the economy, and now are looking at ways to support it.
States are spending more money and creating new incentives to ease the severe child care crisis, with most federal pandemic aid set to dry up in September.