ERIC Number: ED678124
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 4
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House Proposed Level Funding for CCDBG Would Mean Nearly 50,000 Children Lose Access since Last Increase
Rachel Wilensky; Stephanie Schmit
Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP)
As Congress negotiates the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations package, another year of level funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) would result in more children losing access to child care, with estimates that 24,000 fewer children will have access to child care through CCDBG in FY26. The compounded impact of two years of stagnant funding would mean nearly 50,000 fewer children have access to child care assistance. This paper presents data on each state's estimated distribution of grant year (GY) 2026 annual discretionary funds if the program is level-funded, the estimated number of children that will lose access to CCDBG-funded child care from the failure to keep child care assistance at pace with inflation, and the impact that stagnant funding in FY25 had on the program and the total impact of two back-to-back years without increases.
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Identifiers - Location: United States
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Child Care and Development Block Grants
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