More than 200,000 Florida children to lose childcare on October 1, report says

Emergency childcare funding from the pandemic will expire at the end of September. The funding, which was part of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in 2021, included more than $20 billion in childcare stabilization grants.

[ChazLuce]

The people making these decisions have no idea what you are going through. They are out of touch with reality

[長門弥彦]

Shouldn't have kids especially when you can't afford them.

[subicstationditosailor]

I am 55 years old and I have seen hands held out for help the whole time. Nobody improves. I wonder why?

[ryanretirement]

if you can't afford childcare no one told to have kids.

[isabellaflorentina]

If kids only meals come from schools, the problem is the parents. Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize day care.

[whatchamacallit]

A famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi springs to mind here: 'the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members'.

[Sleepy__Joe__]

Kids/families that qualify for free daycare, also qualify for EBT, so don't act like the kids will go hungry. There's also a program for low income families to get free daycare. But, you might have to wait 3-6 months? I guess that the woman in nursing school didn't know that?