Are states doing enough to address families child care needs?
While some states are investing resources to help improve the quality and lower the cost of child care, many states are not doing enough and too often working families are left without choices and without quality child care. For example, some states provide assistance only to the poorest families, leaving low-income working families struggling to afford the high cost of child care. In many states, low-income working families are eligible to receive assistance, but do not get it because of insufficient resources. The states are not going to solve this problem alone any more than the federal government can solve it alone. It’s going to take all of us, working together in our families, our businesses, our neighborhoods, our houses of worship, and with our elected officials.
