Some states are stepping up after federal childcare cuts – and now offer lessons for the future

Improving both supply and quality of childcare has been the focus of several states trying to find solutions on their own.

聯邦疫情托育資金到期後，佛蒙特、新墨西哥、肯塔基和紐約市各自推出擴大補貼、普惠托育等舉措，彌補家庭托育負擔。作者結合全國數據與家長訪談指出，托育費用已翻倍、供給短缺，並提出帶薪家事假、擴大公共托育、提高托育人員待遇和激勵欠發達地區開辦機構四條路徑。