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The federal government should help pay for child care for working families.
Federal child care help today comes mainly through block grants to states and tax credits, and reaches a small share of eligible families. This would expand federal funding so more working families pay less for child care.
Alani Bankhead
Expand CCDBG with rural and Tribal supply-building grants where no providers exist, cap child-care costs as a share of income, support providers earning a living wage, and make the Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit bigger and refundable
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