The Honolulu Community Action Program will receive $15,933,000 in federal funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services to support the organization’s Head Start and Early Head Start Programs, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono announced.
Senator Mazie K. Hirono secures over $6.6 million in federal funding for the University of Hawaiʻi to enhance child care programs and services statewide.
Lawmakers including Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Reps. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, and Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, have written to President Joe Biden asking for continued support of Child Care Stabilization Grants provided under the American Rescue Plan. The pandemic-inspired funding is set to expire next month.
US Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined colleagues in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis. She said the measure will help to ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need.