“The omnibus spending legislation for FY 2018, passed by Congress and signed by the president, includes the largest increase in funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant in history as well as increases for other important child care and education programs. These increases totaled over $3 billion in new funding to expand families’ access to affordable, high-quality child care and early education.”
National Women’s Law Center
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