This year’s increase in federal child care funds offers states an opportunity to take bold steps toward achieving racial equity in their child care assistance programs.
Groups like the Center for Law and Social Policy have highlighted a much bigger spending increase -- $2.37 billion -- for the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
The fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) omnibus spending bill, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today, increases discretionary funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) by $ 2.4 billion.
Practically speaking, the additional $35 million could mean child care subsidies for an additional 2,700 Colorado children over two years, according to CLASP.
On February 9, 2018, Congress passed and the President signed a two-year budget deal, under which an additional $5.8 billion in discretionary funding will be provided over two years for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). This fact sheet includes CLASP’s estimates of…