You’re Unlikely To Be Able To Afford Child Care In the U.S., & Here’s Proof

For example, according to the National Women’s Law Center, at least 17 states decreased funding or eligibility for state-subsidized child care in 2010. That year, lawmakers in the Keystone State stripped its child care assistance program for the 2011-2012 budget by nearly $39 million, the NWLC found.