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A $5K baby bonus isn't nearly enough

The president's misguided fertility push won’t help struggling families, experts say

Salon · May 4, 2025

Parents are about to go over a $24 billion childcare cliff. Look out below

Over 3 million children are about to lose their government-funded care, and that’s about to punch a $9 billion hole in the economy. What's a mom to do?

Fortune · Sep 29, 2023

Parents worry as day care centers face funding crisis

Without the federal funds that saved the child care sector during the pandemic, the industry risks collapse, policy experts say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2023