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From Center for Law and Social Policy:
The President has once again sent a message that America's hardworking families are on their own, especially when it comes to child care.
The federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) was created in recognition of this need and has successfully helped millions of families go to work.
The President's budget shows little recognition of the importance of the child care assistance program.
Rather than making child care a priority for investments, the Administration has proposed a freeze in discretionary funding for CCDBG---for the sixth consecutive year.
Research supports this investment in families: low-income parents who receive help paying for child care are more likely to be employed, to have higher incomes, and to remain off of welfare.1 High-quality child care has also been shown to improve the wellbeing and healthy development of low-income children.
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Posted on February 7, 2007 08:57 PM
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