Last batch of North Carolina’s COVID-era child care grant funding, released this week, will run out Dec. 31
Nearly a third of the 3,763 child care centers in North Carolina that rely on the grants could be forced to close their doors.
Nearly a third of the 3,763 child care centers in North Carolina that rely on the grants could be forced to close their doors.
GOP Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance has opposed government spending on child care, arguing that many children benefit from having one parent at home as caretaker.
‘You break the ceiling and they come from everywhere.’
His budget will call for over $448 million in spending in each fiscal year for the initiative he’s calling ‘Building Blocks for Virginia Families.’
Families taking part in the program will receive a $1,500 monthly stipend to help with child care expenses.