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New study indicates finances are putting some adults off having children

by Samantha Fields

Jul 29, 2024

The survey from the Pew Research Center says child care costs and student debt are among the factors dissuading potential parents.

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As federal relief ends, child care providers expect to charge families more

by Liz Schlemmer

Jun 12, 2024

Congress committed $39 billion in federal funds to support the child care industry during the pandemic, but those funds are now drying up. Now, many child care providers plan to raise tuition.

Students in the 2- to 3-year-old classroom at the Community School for People Under Six in Carrboro, North Carolina. The preschool is raising its tuition rates for families this year in anticipation of losing federal COVID-19 relief funds.

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Child care gets a boost in the new federal spending law, but advocates say it isn't enough

by Kimberly Adams

Mar 27, 2024

They say programs designed to help low-income families are only reaching a fraction of those eligible.

"We got this $1 billion increase that's going to help the [child care] programs that exist, but we need so much more," said the Century Foundation's Julie Kashen.

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Without federal subsidies, child care providers contemplate raising rates, and parents are worried

by Stephanie Hughes

Nov 20, 2023

Everyone's adjusting now that pandemic-era federal subsidies have ended.

With pandemic relief funding gone, day care centers are considering raising their rates.

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Phasing out of pandemic-era federal aid for child care sparks alarm

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Sep 22, 2023

A new report warns that the looming withdrawal of pandemic-era aid for childcare could hurt children and families.

More than 70,000 child care programs will likely close after they lose their federal pandemic aid, according to a recent report from the Century Foundation.

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Child care is about to get even more expensive as pandemic funds end

by Samantha Fields

Aug 17, 2023

Already, child care inflation is running nearly double the rate of overall inflation.

When pandemic funding runs out in September, experts expect even higher costs for child care.

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