NY: Re-imagining New York’s child care system post-pandemic (Includes video)
Spectrum News – September 02, 2021
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, child care in New York could cost families up to $15,000 per year, per child. And then the pandemic hit, decimating the child care sector even further. With all of these challenges, a windfall in federal stimulus money couldn’t have come at a better time. New York is receiving $2.4 billion from three tranches of money: the ”Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or CARES Act; the “Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2021,” or CRRSA, and the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,” or ARPA. The Schulyer Center’s Dede Hill told Capital Tonight that this funding should be used to implement the Child Care Availability Task Force Report, which was released in May and which envisions a time when all families will have access to affordable child care.
Also: Supporting Families, Employers & New York’s Future: An Action Plan for a Strong and Equitable Child Care System: https://ocfs.ny.gov/reports/childcare/Child-Care-Availability-Task-Force-Report.pdf

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