Thursday, February 9, 2023
North-JerseyNews.com
  • Home
  • Washington
  • Trenton
  • County
  • Court
  • Roundup
  • Opinion
  • Search
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Washington
  • Trenton
  • County
  • Court
  • Roundup
  • Opinion
  • Search
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
North-JerseyNews.com
No Result
View All Result
Home County

Child Care Stabilization, Support Acts Pass in House

Nathan Resso by Nathan Resso
August 5, 2020
in County, Washington Political Breaking News
0 0
0
blue jeans

Photo by VisionPic .net on Pexels.com

0
SHARES
7
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A pair of legislative initiatives aimed at stabilizing child care across the nation recently passed the House of Representatives. The Child Care is Essential Act and the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, both seen as bipartisan, will next move the Senate.

As stay-at-home orders proliferated across the nation, it became apparent that child care services were needed for essential workers. The laws would provide support to the industry during the pandemic.

“As a working mom who has had to piece together child care during the pandemic, I know how important this issue is for our families, businesses, and communities,” said Rep. Mickie Sherrill. “How we address this child care crisis will have a deep reverberation through our economy and on the health and safety of families and workers.”

Child Care is Essential Act

Under the Child Care is Essential Act, which was cosponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization fund would be established. The funding would be used to prop up these businesses across the nation.

In New Jersey, without sufficient federal support, some 147,889 licensed child care slots could be lost, representing about 54% of the state’s child care supply. Prior the pandemic, New Jersey had not met demand for child care, with 2.3 children per child care slot. Some say the number has risen to five children per slot during the pandemic.

“As I’ve heard from many members of the North Jersey community throughout this crisis, affordable child care is vital to our economy and vital to the working families who are helping keep New Jersey’s Fifth District afloat. We must make sure our child care providers have the support they need as they continue to care for kids throughout my district,” said Gottheimer.

Child Care for Economic Recovery Act

The Child Care for Economic Recovery Act would provide aid to essential workers in accessing child day care. Additionally, it would offer grant funding to states looking to adapt, expand, or reconfigured child-care services and infrastructure to better contend with the pandemic.

The law would make the child and dependent care tax credit refundable, providing access to the credit to for many low- and middle-income families for the first time.

“But this is only the first step. We need to include funding in future coronavirus stimulus packages to protect child-care facilities nationwide before they go out of business. Americans are going to need quality, affordable childcare once we reopen safely and completely,” said Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • LinkedIn

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Tags: Child Care for Economic Recovery ActChild Care is Essential ActCoronavirusCoronavirus PandemicCOVID-19EconomyEducationNorth JerseyRep. Donald Payne Jr.Rep. Josh GottheimerRep. Mikie SherrillStay at Home
Previous Post

Bill to Backdate Unemployment Date for Claims to Be Introduced

Next Post

NJ Reports Youngest Fatality Of COVID-19 Positive Patient

Next Post
coronavirus news on screen

NJ Reports Youngest Fatality Of COVID-19 Positive Patient

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

support-Local

Recent Post

North-JerseyNews.com

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey Will Retire At End of Term

by James Hickey
February 8, 2023
0

North-JerseyNews.com

Gov. Murphy Signs ‘Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights’ into Law

by Nathan Resso
February 8, 2023
0

North-JerseyNews.com

North-JerseyNews.com Roundup for Feb. 8, 2023

by James Hickey
February 8, 2023
0

Popular

North-JerseyNews.com

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey Will Retire At End of Term

by James Hickey
2023/02/08
0

North-JerseyNews.com

Gov. Murphy Signs ‘Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights’ into Law

by Nathan Resso
2023/02/08
0

North-JerseyNews.com

North-JerseyNews.com Roundup for Feb. 8, 2023

by James Hickey
2023/02/08
0

Subscribe now

Join 100,000+ other subscribers

Select list(s) to subscribe to

ss-tp
2107.JG.FightForJersey

North-JerseyNews.com

When it comes to breaking news North Jersey, North Jersey local news or live news North Jersey, We all look for a reliable source that can give us authentic North Jersey news or local Jersey news.

© Copyright 2021 North-JerseyNews.com

Design and Developed By MOZWEBMEDIA

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Washington
  • Trenton
  • County
  • Court
  • Roundup
  • Opinion
  • Search
  • Donation

© Copyright 2021 North-JerseyNews.com
Design and Developed By MOZWEBMEDIA

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Finance-Currency-Financial-World-Dollar-Funds-634901

Add Your Heading Text Here

Pop-up Design 1 (1)

%d bloggers like this: