About 3 million children could lose child care after funding expires at the end of next month.
President Joe Biden once pitched his administration’s Covid-era child care investments as a critical bridge for parents and caregivers hit hard by the crisis.Nearly $24 billion in federal aid for daycare centers and preschools is slated to run out Sept. 30, roiling a child care system that has underpinned the White House’s efforts to stabilize the broader economy and get people back to work.
But daycare and preschool prices remain stubbornly high, rising roughly 6 percent over the same timeframe, according to the most recent Labor Department data. Those costs — which typically run families more than $10,000 a year on average — are now likely to creep higher as child care programs compensate for the drop-off in federal aid, hitting American parents already fixated on the increase in everyday expenses.
Thousands of care facilities that were struggling to stay afloat amid labor shortages and escalating expenses even before Covid may close altogether, resulting in job losses across the sector. And waiting lists for those that stay open are likely to get longer,particularly in swathes of the U.S. considered child care “deserts” due to their lack of options.
The administration declined to seek fresh child care money as part of a supplemental funding request earlier this month, passing up what is widely seen as the only chance to make the case for fresh aid. Democratic lawmakers leading the push say there’s little chance now that a divided Congress will add child care funding to already-volatile spending negotiations with a government shutdown looming.
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