Funding Cliff Means Closure Or Tuition Hikes For Child Care Centers Across The U.S.

“Without ARPA funding most of our providers would not have been able to stay in business,” said Tyrone Scott of First Up, a Pennsylvania early education advocacy organization. “Even with those dollars, we still saw almost 2,200 child care providers shut down permanently. If the federal government does not step in, childcare providers will shut down and that means families will not be able to work.”