Good Morning America Rebecca Jarvis reports on America’s child care crisis: from rising prices to long wait lists, the half hour special will look at …
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The American Child Care Crisis
The $24 billion Child Care Stabilization Program was launched in 2021 and helped many child care centers remain open. But on Sept. 30, the last of that funding will dry up. 70,000 child care programs are projected to close, leaving 3.2 million children without care. It's just another challenge for families who were already facing long wait lists and rising costs. Here's a look at the state of things, and if anything can fix the system.
The State of Things
CNN — Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a wonderful experience there, learning his letters, numbers and colors, as well as social skills – …
Latinas are more likely to be child care providers and to have children in the home who need care. The end of federal funds could hit them …
Sept. 30 could spell disaster for millions of families and for the economy. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), passed in March 2021, …
GIBSONS, British Columbia — Two years ago, Marisol Petersen’s family was paying more than $1,200 a month for her son to attend child care in this …
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