U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan
4 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan

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U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 3 p.m. The proposal, which Biden outlined in a speech Tuesday afternoon, would emphasize tax credits and state funding subsidies to make child care more affordable and accessible, and make prekindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds universal. A Biden administration would also push to increase pay for child care providers through new state-level standards and federal minimum wage laws and would aim to speed the construction of new and upgraded child care facilities through tax breaks. Biden's plan comes as the country faces what he called a "child care emergency."

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Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care

NPR  

Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care toggle caption SDI Productions Child care was on the ballot in several cities and counties across the country. "The American people have resoundingly called for — both before and during the election cycle — affordable, accessible, quality child care solutions," wrote the organization's CEO Susan Gale Perry. …

Column: I know what Trump was really talking about in his child care rant, and it’s even scarier than you thought
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: I know what Trump was really talking about in his child care rant, and it’s even scarier than you thought

LA Times  

Donald Trump launches into an incoherent rant about child care costs Thursday in response to a question from Reshma Saujani, top right, at the Economic Club of New York. Here’s how he launched into the topic at the Economic Club of New York, when asked by attendee Reshma Saujani, a Democratic children’s advocate, if he would commit to making child …

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly. “So when the legislation wasn’t passed, we got to work on an executive order that really was forward-leaning across …

The “Solution” to Our Child Care Woes Will Make Everything Worse
1 year ago

The “Solution” to Our Child Care Woes Will Make Everything Worse

Slate  

Swapping an office cubicle for my kitchen table a few days a week was a game-changer for me back when my kids were still small. The country’s biggest for-profit child care chains such as Bright Horizons, Learning Care Group, and KinderCare are not part of this grim picture. “We got nervous,” Chad Dunkley, co-chairman of the consortium’s board and chief …

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet
1 year, 1 month ago

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is asking lawmakers for nearly $56 billion in emergency spending to help the government respond to natural disasters, shore up funding for child care centers and keep high-speed internet running for low-income families — outlining President Joe Biden’s domestic priorities as Congress simultaneously weighs sending billions for conflicts abroad. The package also includes $16 billion …

With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money
1 year, 3 months ago

With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation’s child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out this month. Legislation introduced in both chambers on Wednesday would provide $16 billion a year over the next five years, awarded as grants to …

Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that contains more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers. “It’s about making sure taxpayers get the best value for the investments they’ve already made.” Biden also has called for more money for the care economy in his 2024 budget …

WH economic report: Money for child care would help growth
1 year, 9 months ago

WH economic report: Money for child care would help growth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is making the case for more government support for child care programs in an economic report that it released Monday, drawing on extensive research to say additional spending would improve kids’ lives, increase the quality of early childhood schooling and enable more women to hold jobs. Rouse added that government support for child care would …

The Child Care Crisis Needs A Lot More Attention Than It's Getting
2 years, 6 months ago

The Child Care Crisis Needs A Lot More Attention Than It's Getting

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. About one in three families with young children encountered “serious problems” finding child care last year, according to a survey that came out in October. “Stories of children locked in cars adjacent to factories, chained to temporary trailer homes, and left in movie theaters quickly filled newspapers and …

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom
2 years, 11 months ago

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom

NPR  

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom Enlarge this image toggle caption Cooper Neill for NPR Cooper Neill for NPR "I had a parent tell me to f*** off last week," Cori Berg said. Working parents can't always afford to keep a sick child home Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohamed Sadek for NPR Mohamed …

What’s inside Biden’s $2T social and climate measure
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s inside Biden’s $2T social and climate measure

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion plan to boost social and education programs as well as protect against global warming has passed the House, pushing it one step closer to law. FAMILY/CHILD CARE — Eligible workers would receive up to four weeks of paid leave to reimburse them for time taken to care for a new child or …

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill
3 years, 1 month ago

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government child care assistance for almost 80 years. All told, the federal government’s new programs for paid parental leave, child care and an expanded child tax credit “would be pretty major, if not landmark, change for social policy and expanding its reach into the depths of …

What’s in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ framework?
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ framework?

LA Times  

The White House released a framework Thursday on President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, a $1.85-trillion outline that Democrats plan to pass in Congress without any Republican support. Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Democrats are “on a path to get this all done.” The White House said the cost of the framework is offset by nearly $2 trillion in …

Biden Suggests Shortening Length Of Budget Programs Rather Than Slashing Them
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden Suggests Shortening Length Of Budget Programs Rather Than Slashing Them

Huff Post  

HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from moderates by trimming what had been a $3.5 trillion proposal. “I’m of the view that it’s important to establish the principle on …

Biden touts child-care provisions in Democratic spending bill
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden touts child-care provisions in Democratic spending bill

LA Times  

President Biden on Friday implored Congress to pass his party’s major spending bill, saying it would expand access to child care and make the U.S. more competitive in the global economy. “Millions of American parents, especially moms, can’t be part of the workforce because they can’t afford the cost of child care,” Biden said Friday in a library at the …

Opinion: For families like mine, the social services in Biden’s budget proposal are a choice between life and death
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: For families like mine, the social services in Biden’s budget proposal are a choice between life and death

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Rachael Scarborough King is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Luckily, we had generous friends and family who helped support Ady’s care—which would have been completely unaffordable for us alone—until we successfully pressured our health insurance company to cover the cost of his home care. President Joe Biden’s proposed $400 billion in …

Children's Hospitals Are Pleading For Federal Help As They Run Out Of Beds
3 years, 3 months ago

Children's Hospitals Are Pleading For Federal Help As They Run Out Of Beds

NPR  

Children's Hospitals Are Pleading For Federal Help As They Run Out Of Beds Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images A group of more than 220 children's hospitals is imploring the Biden administration for help, as a surge of young COVID-19 patients puts an "unprecedented strain" on their facilities and staff across the country. Pediatric hospitals …

Here’s what’s in the Senate version of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan
3 years, 4 months ago

Here’s what’s in the Senate version of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan

CNN  

CNN — Senate Democrats released their sweeping $3.5 trillion budget resolution on Monday, August 9 – the latest step in their drive to expand education, health care and child care support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure. RELATED: Schumer on $3.5 trillion bill: ‘We’re moving full speed ahead’ The Senate Budget Committee, which released a framework …

Joe Biden Just Wants to Make the U.S. a Normal Country That Isn’t Horrible for Parents
54 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden Just Wants to Make the U.S. a Normal Country That Isn’t Horrible for Parents

Slate  

By the end of August 1935, Franklin Roosevelt was wrapping up a remarkable stretch of legislative victories, a follow-up chapter to his initial response to the Great Depression that historians would one day call the Second New Deal. Looking at the president’s achievements that summer, the progressive Kansas newspaper editor William Allen White judged that they were “long past due” …

A closer look at Biden’s $1.8T for families and education
3 years, 7 months ago

A closer look at Biden’s $1.8T for families and education

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration wants to make a $1.8 trillion down payment on the future of children, families and higher education, saying it would produce lasting benefits for the economy. Families earning 1.5 times their state median income would pay a maximum of 7% of their income for all children under age 5. The credits would cover as …

Biden’s ‘Families Plan’ would tax rich to help schools, childcare, community college and more
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s ‘Families Plan’ would tax rich to help schools, childcare, community college and more

LA Times  

President Biden is proposing an ambitious $1.8-trillion, 10-year plan to subsidize American families’ education, child care, health insurance and job leave costs — an investment in workers intended to complement his earlier call for infrastructure spending and much more, to rebuild an economy hobbled by pandemic and economic inequality. The latest package would be paid for in part by turning …

American Families Plan: What’s in Biden’s $1.8 trillion care proposal
3 years, 7 months ago

American Families Plan: What’s in Biden’s $1.8 trillion care proposal

CNN  

CNN — A month after he laid out a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan aimed at helping the nation recover from the coronavirus pandemic, President Joe Biden is set to unveil an additional $1.8 trillion federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave during his first address to Congress on Wednesday. The proposal would also extend or make …

US: Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion family aid plan
3 years, 7 months ago

US: Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion family aid plan

Al Jazeera  

The White House called the proposal to expand educational opportunities and childcare for families a ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan. Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden is set to use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform the role government plays in American life. In …

Editorial: Child care is in crisis, but we can fix it — and help the economy, too
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Child care is in crisis, but we can fix it — and help the economy, too

LA Times  

Our pandemic-stricken society cheered the brave first-responders and medical crews who confronted COVID-19 risks every day, thanked grocery workers and tipped delivery people extra. Nearly a third of the children in need of child care went without it; their parents relied on a patchwork of family and friends for help, sometimes working fewer hours as a result. The crisis in …

How Biden's Plan Could Help Reshape The Finances Of American Families
3 years, 9 months ago

How Biden's Plan Could Help Reshape The Finances Of American Families

NPR  

How Biden's Plan Could Help Reshape The Finances Of American Families Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP For Nancy Cordeiro, a plan by the Biden administration to provide her family with a monthly allowance is more than just about money that she sorely needs. "This is landmark legislation that would really slash child poverty and target benefits …

Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus proposals
3 years, 10 months ago

Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus proposals

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. Biden’s plan would cost $465 billion, according to the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, while the Republicans say their measure would cost an estimated $220 billion. GOP: The senators would also extend enhanced food stamp benefits …

Trump v Biden: Who will win over stressed-out parents?
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump v Biden: Who will win over stressed-out parents?

Al Jazeera  

Faced with working full-time and managing my five-year-old’s online learning, I shelled out $20,000 for a private, outdoor kindergarten. LeanIn co-founders Sheryl Sandberg and Rachel Thomas put it bluntly in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed: “If we had a panic button, we’d be hitting it.” While the COVID-19 crisis destroyed the fragile web so many working families have knit …

Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force
4 years, 3 months ago

Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Angela Wynn had just launched her own project management business, hitting a career stride after years of struggle that began with earning an undergraduate degree as a single mother. Research is increasingly pointing to a retreat of working mothers from the U.S. labor force as the pandemic leaves parents with few child care options and the added …

Joe Biden Makes Caregiving A Central Part Of His New Economic Plan
4 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden Makes Caregiving A Central Part Of His New Economic Plan

Huff Post  

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks last week in Wilmington, Delaware, about his "Build Back Better" plan. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden rolled out the third part of his economic plan, “Build Back Better,” on Tuesday. “We’re trapped within a caregiving crisis within an economic crisis within a health care crisis,” Biden said. “Now …

Biden plan links improved elder, child care to 3 million new jobs
4 years, 5 months ago

Biden plan links improved elder, child care to 3 million new jobs

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden on Thursday pledged to invest $775bn across 10 years to improve child care and elder care, with the aim of adding three million jobs to the United States economy. Speaking to an audience at an early childhood education programme in New Castle, Delaware, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told the audience, “This is about easing the squeeze on …

What is child care like in America right now?
4 years, 5 months ago

What is child care like in America right now?

CNN  

CNN — Caring for children during Covid-19 has meant wrenching choices for many, but Frances Ber hardly saw a choice at all. Courtesy Caitlin Giddings “I feel like they’re doing a good job,” said Giddings, describing mandatory temperature checks and masked adults at the day care. “I’d really like to see someone who isn’t me —maybe someone official, like a …

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