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 plan, drawing a sharp line with Republicans, who are seeking limits on spending. “The child care, long-term care systems in this country just don’t work well,” Rice said. Yet care workers, who are disproportionately women and women of color and immigrants, are among the lowest paid in the country.” The order seeks to improve the child care provided to the offspring of federal workers, including military families.

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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 …

Biden administration to host state leaders Wednesday for summit on making child care more affordable
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration to host state leaders Wednesday for summit on making child care more affordable

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ‘s administration is hosting state legislators from 41 states to the White House on Wednesday for discussions on how legislatures can make child care more affordable for families, the White House said. Peggy Flanagan and 90 lawmakers from across the country to share legislative ideas and strategies for bringing down costs for parents and supporting …

Biden signs executive order to protect travel for abortion
2 years, 4 months ago

Biden signs executive order to protect travel for abortion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that lays the groundwork for Medicaid to help women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. However, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Department of Health and Human Services would invite states where abortion remains legal to apply for permission to use …

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  

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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  

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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  

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Biden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role

Associated Press  

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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  

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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  

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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 Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden will propose spending $1.8 trillion over the next decade to make massive investments in the nation’s education system, and to expand and protect tax credits aimed at the middle class, administration officials said Tuesday night, adding that he would pay for the ambitious agenda with a number of tax hikes aimed at the wealthiest …

Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge

Associated Press  

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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 …

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  

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Key House Democrat unveils economic plan to support families
3 years, 7 months ago

Key House Democrat unveils economic plan to support families

CNN  

CNN — House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal has introduced a massive social programs infrastructure package aimed at making enhancements to the child tax credit permanent, expanding paid family leave and boosting access to child care for Americans. The plan guarantees paid leaves to full-time and part-time workers and permanently expands the child tax credit, which offers families up …

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 …

Biden to open ‘Obamacare’ enrolment period for COVID-19 relief
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden to open ‘Obamacare’ enrolment period for COVID-19 relief

Al Jazeera  

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Executive orders: Biden signs orders to get checks and food aid to low-income Americans – plus a federal pay raise
3 years, 11 months ago

Executive orders: Biden signs orders to get checks and food aid to low-income Americans – plus a federal pay raise

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden signed two more executive orders on Friday – one focused on expanding food assistance and delivering stimulus checks to very low-income Americans, and the other on raising the minimum wage to $15 for the federal workforce – as he continues his swift efforts to overturn his predecessor’s policies. In remarks before he signed, the President …

Vaccines to stimulus checks: Here’s what’s in Biden plan
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines to stimulus checks: Here’s what’s in Biden plan

Associated Press  

— President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and jump-start the economy. Here’s a look at what’s in Biden’s plan: CONTAINING THE VIRUS — A $20 billion national program would establish community vaccination centers across the U.S. and send mobile units to remote communities. — An additional $50 billion would expand testing …

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  

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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 …

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

NPR  

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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 …

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