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ECEC Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Yesterday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law. ARPA is a sweeping COVID-19 pandemic relief package providing over $42 billion in direct relief funds to the child care industry, including $24 billion to stand up a child care stabilization fund, $15 billion through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program and $3.5 billion in mandatory funding through the Child Care Entitlement to the States. In addition to direct relief, the package also includes $1 billion for Head Start programs and robust one-year expansions of three critical tax relief programs the Child Tax Credit, the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and Dependent Care FSAs.
The state launched its new pilot program this week offering a small number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Minnesotans 65 and over, pre-K through grade 12 educators, school staff and child care workers.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today the Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) issued a joint letter confirming that the nation s largest child care providers will work towards ensuring all child care center teachers and staff have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it s available. They also are calling on state and local regulatory bodies to classify teachers as frontline workers so that they are prioritized to receive the vaccine.
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the nation, our communities and specifically the child care sector. Those that do remain open are operating with lower capacity and heightened health and safe protocols, making it more challenging than ever for working families to find childcare.