As Pandemic Funding Ends, New Survey Shows Parents Facing Host of Child Care Challenges
Families struggling with rising child care prices, unexpected closures and scarcity of providers.
Parents across the nation are struggling to access affordable and reliable child care almost five years after the start of the pandemic — a phenomenon that new survey data suggests may be worsening as stimulus funds expire. One-third of parents recently surveyed by The National Women’s Law Center reported their child care costs rose over the past year, following the expiration of the first batch of pandemic-era child care funding. Among parents of kids under...
