The American Rescue Plan is providing relief to 35-million Americans with kids. When Congress approved the Stimulus Bill earlier this year, it included 50-billion dollars in expanded tax credits for families with children. The record level of funding comes at a critical time after the pandemic. This week we follow up the weeklong series on the PBS NewsHour on the childcare crisis across America.
Lindsay Turner with Adirondack Foundation’s Birth to Three Alliance joins us to talk about the difficulty parents are having finding reliable, affordable childcare in the North Country. Learn more: www.adirondackfoundation.org
You can watch all 5 segments:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/could-the-military-child-care-system-be-a-model-for-the-nation