Threats of a child care funding freeze jeopardizes us all, including in Alabama: op-ed

In this AL.com op-ed, Lenice Emanuel, executive director of the Alabama Institute for Social Justice and an RCCF grantee partner, warns that a proposed federal child care funding freeze could destabilize programs across Alabama. She outlines how disruptions to federal support would threaten providers, small businesses, and working families, and calls for sustained investment to protect access to care and the broader economy.