The Child Care Stabilization Act would allocate $16 billion to childcare annually for five years to aid providers.
At the same time, childcare workers are facing low pay and tough conditions; they have previously told Insider that the industry needs even more subsidizing.
AdvertisementAdvertisement"It is the thing that we pay the most money for," she previously told Insider .
She's not alone: Other parents have told Insider that high costs for scarce childcare have led them to drop out of the workforce completely.
AdvertisementAdvertisement"Right now we have a childcare crisis with ARPA funding," Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California, a member of the Congressional Dads Caucus , said.
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