For many families, child care is often the biggest.
Thanks to a state program launched during the recovery from the pandemic, they pay nothing for child care.
Vice President Kamala Harris proposes capping child care costs at 7% of working families’ incomes, along with an up-to-$6,000 expanded child tax credit for those with newborns.
The permanent fund now funnels more than $150 million from fossil fuel producers into child care subsidies, state officials estimate.
As elder care costs continue to outpace inflation, the Democratic ticket sees that constituency as key to victory.
Persons:
Maggie Wright, JJ Oviedo, Patricio, Uriel, ”, Wright, JJ, “, ” Maggie Wright, Oviedo, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump hasn’t, —, Elizabeth Groginsky, Lujan Grisham, family’s, they’ve, she’s, Harris, ” Wright, ’ ”, Taryn Morrissey, ” Morrissey, Deyanira Contreras, Randy Orona, Torres, Contreras, ” Orona
Organizations:
SANTA FE, Democratic Gov, Fund, Childhood, Care Department, U.S, Labor Department, Wright, Democratic, American University’s School of Public Affairs, ”, Kids, Kids Campus
Locations:
SANTA, Oviedo, Santa Fe, —, New Mexico, Fe, McDonald’s
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