Republicans are pressing for policy changes based on a misconception that hardly anyone who gets help buying groceries with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is employed.
- Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
This infusion of funds will help struggling child care providers and support parents who have to exit the workforce to care for their kids.
Kindergarten enrollment dropped 16% this year, according to an NPR survey of 60 school districts across 20 states.
For US parents, the health, economic and social crisis the COVID-19 pandemic brought about is compounded by the difficult if not impossible task of working, caring for and educating kids.
Working class families have struggled for years to afford quality child care. Could the newly proposed Child Care for Working Families Act make a difference? A child care policy scholar weighs in.
Even though child care costs more than college tuition in many states, college affordability seems to get more attention. Here’s why that needs to change.
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