Congress To Force EXTREME Consequences In Nationwide Federal Funding Disaster

As Congress narrowly avoids a complete govenment shutdown they are still set to vote on whether to allow the American Rescue Plan Act to expire or not, which would set off a child care cliff causing over 3 million children to lose access to child care. Rayyvana and Sen. Nina Turner break it down on The Damage Report.

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'Child care cliff' could see 3.2 million kids lose child care access as federal funds set to expire

"Up to 3.2 million children across the U.S. could lose access to their child care if Congress lets federal funding for child care run out this week.

Saturday, Sept. 30, is when $24 billion in pandemic-era stimulus funding for child care runs out. This would set off a "child care cliff" that would bring a ripple of consequences to the American people: millions of children could be out of day care programs, and up to 70,000 child care centers, roughly 1 in 3, could close nationwide.

Here's what you need to know.

What is the ‘child care cliff’?

The “child care cliff” is the term used to mark the end to funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, which passed in 2021 and allowed for tens of thousands of child care programs across the country to remain open and running through the COVID pandemic."

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