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.
Parents in the Richmond area are experiencing waitlists for child care that are several months, and even years, long. Plus skyrocketing prices. “Finding child care has been the most stressful part about having a baby,” one parent said.