The pandemic did offer Americans a lot in the way of federal funds that hadn't previously been there. The average two-parent family spends 26% of their income on childcare every year. It gives states enough funding to provide over 800,000 families with subsidies to pay for childcare.
The US has a child care crisis. But New Mexico just figured out a way to fix it (hint: they’re paying for it).
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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