Trump is stealing child care

Pamela, The Trump administration just announced that one of its first acts of the new year is to steal child care funding from families with kids: Trump's attack on working families is aimed at five blue states—California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, and New York. The administration is freezing $10 billion in funding for child care programs, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), and social services for kids like foster care. No one knows how long the freeze will continue. New York says it will fight the freeze in court. Document reviews in other states could take months. But one thing is for sure: children and working families are going to suffer. Our elected officials can't waste any time in ending the administration's dangerous attack on its political enemies, which is punishing children and working families. Write to your members of Congress today and demand they put an end to Trump's attacks on kids and families immediately. SIGN & SEND Child care is critical for working families—particularly for the millions of women who need to enter or remain in the workforce to provide for their kids. In the blue states Trump is targeting, child care can cost a family over $15,000 a year.[1] Most working families can't afford to take on such an expense, but they also can't afford to leave their jobs to care for their children. That's why programs that help families afford child care are so important—and why freezing the funding for these programs will directly harm the kids and families who need them most. One expert explained the funding freeze as "holding these families hostage."[2] Our country is in a child care crisis, and Trump's funding freeze is a shameful attack on kids and working families. Tell Congress to address America's child care crisis and restore critical child care funding now. Thank you for fighting for working people, Mike Phelan Progress America 1 Child care costs in the United States 2 Trump administration tells 5 states their child care funds have been frozen Paid for by Progress America, a project of Strategy & Hustle   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.