Congressman Dan Goldman Fights to Protect Funding for Vital Child Care Programs
'Child Care Stabilization Act’ Would Provide $16 Billion for Child Care Programs and Make Funding Mandatory, Protecting Programs from Future Shutdown Threats
Funding Will Keep Over 220,000 Child Care Providers Operational, Save Child Care Slots for Up to 10 Million Kids
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Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Minority Whip Katherine Clark in introducing the ‘Child Care Stabilization Act.’ This legislation would extend vital federal child care stabilization funding – which was provided by the American Rescue Plan and expired on October 1 – and ensure that child care providers can keep their doors open and continue serving children and families in every part of the country.
The ‘Child Care Stabilization Act’ would prevent the coming crisis following the expiration of child care funding on October 1, 2023 by providing $16 billion in mandatory funding each year for the next five years to continue the successful Child Care Stabilization Grant program. These funds will ensure that child care providers continue to receive a stable and reliable source of funding to help them deliver high-quality and affordable child care for working families across the country.
“Funding for programs that support child care providers is too critical to our kids, to working families, and to our economy to leave at the whims of the annual political funding game,” Congressman Dan Goldman said. “It is incumbent upon Congress to guarantee this vital funding for the next five years and ensure that it cannot be held hostage to advance any other partisan agenda. We owe it to families across the nation to guarantee that the programs they rely on for their kids will not be on the chopping block in November.”
Throughout his time in Congress, Congressman Goldman has fought to ensure that working families have their needs met. Congressman Goldman is a founding member of the Congressional Dads Caucus.
Earlier this year, Congressman Goldman cosponsored the ‘Child Care for Working Families Act’ to cap child care costs at 7 percent of a family’s income while expanding access to early childhood education programs and full-year, full-day child care programs.
Additionally, the Congressman cosponsored the ‘SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act’, which would allow families with chronically sick children to deduct their child’s medical expenses above the current $35 threshold when calculating their family’s benefit amount from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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