Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) recently reintroduced a stronger, revised version of the Child Care for Working Families Act.
In response to the fragile nature of the child care sector after decades of insufficient federal funding, CLASP and other child care advocates across the field have called for a $4.38 billion increase in annual discretionary funding for CCDBG.
On Thursday, December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (also known as the “omnibus bill[i]”). The appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 2023 included more than $8 billion in total annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development…
By Alycia Hardy On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which included $6.2 billion in annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The annual appropriations process is an important opportunity for federal policymakers to…
Child care is too expensive and far too difficult to find for most families while providers make far too little. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal source for child care assistance and was designed to provide access to child care…
The analysis details the current CCDBG initial annual income eligibility limit in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. It also looks at the income eligibility threshold for the first year of the BBB’s act child care program.
For a more equitable and affordable child care system that works for all families—we must prioritize systemic change as we recover from the pandemic & decades of underfunding. Dig into the data on this new fact sheet.