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Children safe and healthy throughout the day. Even before covid, we knew that americans lacked access to childcare. The pandemic has only exacerbated these concerns. Until now, republicans and democrats have consistently worked together to provide additional support for childcare. Prior to the pandemic, congress had doubled funding for the Childcare Block Grant and increased funding for Head Start and preschool develop programs. In the cares act, congress divided muchneeded support for Childcare Providers and essential workers in response to covid, providing an additional 3. 5 billion dollars in funding. Last december, the bipartisan Appropriations Bill provided an additional 10 billion for childcare. Last year, democrats included 40 billion in stabilization grants in a permanent increase in childcare entitlement funding. Let me do the math. In less than 14 months, congress has provided more than 53 billion in new funding for childcare. That is more than the entire annual revenue of th
GeorgiaUnited-statesAlabamaNevadaAfghanistanAlaskaWashingtonIllinoisCaliforniaIndianaWisconsinWest-virginiaThe advocacy group Save the Children is working with child care providers along the Texas coast ahead of the upcoming hurricane season. The organization has formed the Gulf Coast Resilience Network to provide child care facilities with plans and tools to help them reopen or offer services quickly after a weather-related disaster. Militza Mezquita, senior adviser for education in emergencies for Save the Children, said by working together, the network can get families back to their normal lives sooner. .
TexasUnited-statesNevadaGeorgiaMassachusettsGeorgiansDeb-schmillTara-rainesMilitza-mezquitaEd-markeyAmy-musickMark-zuckerbergMassachusetts parents of children harmed by social media platforms are calling on Congress to advance the bipartisan "Kids Online Safety Act." The bill would require platforms to default to their most restrictive parental controls, creating a "duty of care" to protect children but it has been months since an emotional Senate hearing, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a public apology. Deb Schmill, president of the Becca Schmill Foundation in Needham, whose daughter died of an accidental drug overdose after being relentlessly cyberbullied, said Congress cannot wait. "It s going to be very upsetting to the parents, to so many people in this country who want to see this happen, they want to see Big Tech regulated," Schmill asserted. " .
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