Optimizing Distribution of American Rescue Plan Funds To Stabilize Child Care
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Author’s note:
For the purposes of this issue brief, the term “child care programs” includes family home-based child care; child care centers; and nonprofit, for-profit, and franchise centers. The author interchangeably uses the terms “providers” and “early educators” when referring to the child care workforce, many members of which double as small business owners offering child care services.
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On April 15, 2021, the Biden administration made the largest-ever investment in American child care, releasing a historic $39 billion from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to states.