AND WHAT SENATORS WANT HAPPENING NOW IN RALEIGH. THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAMBER IS URGING LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE MONEY FOR CHILD CARE PROGRAMS. THE GROUP, ALONG WITH THE U.S. CHAMBER FOUNDATION AND NC CHILD CONDUCT, DID A SURVEY TO ESTIMATE THE DIRECT FINANCIAL IMPACT OF INSUFFICIENT CHILD CARE COVERAGE ON THE STATE’S ECONOMY. ADVOCATES WANT STATE LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE $300 MILLION IN FUNDING TO MAINTAIN WAGE SUPPORT. FEDERA
Business leaders, advocates for the poor warn of child care cliff without help from legislature
Updated: 12:33 PM EDT Jun 12, 2024
Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for childcare centers across North Carolina will end on July 1 — raising concerns among business leaders and state lawmakers that thousands of people will be forced to quit their jobs, or scale back on hours, if they lose child care. The federal money that was approved as part of a pandemic-era relief package ends this summer because Congress didn’t renew the funding.Wednesday, June 12, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce (conservative) planned to make a public push calling for the legislature to help pick up the tab on at least some of the federal funding that’s now running out. Read more on WRAL.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for childcare centers across North Carolina will end on July 1 — raising concerns among business leaders and state lawmakers that thousands of people will be forced to quit their jobs, or scale back on hours, if they lose child care.
The federal money that was approved as part of a pandemic-era relief package ends this summer because Congress didn’t renew the funding.
Wednesday, June 12, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce (conservative) planned to make a public push calling for the legislature to help pick up the tab on at least some of the federal funding that’s now running out.
Read more on WRAL.
