The Biggest Loser of the Presidential Debate? The Childcare Crisis

The childcare crisis is only getting worse, thanks to the end of pandemic-era federal funding that supported 220,000 daycare centers across the country. Eleven states and Washington DC haveĀ stepped in with their own fundingĀ to make up some of the difference. But in other states, the number of households with children under 12 that lack childcare has already increased by 5.3 percentage points since the funding ended last September, according to a May report from theĀ National Women’s Law Center.