Thurston Carte:When Uncle Sam stops paying the childcare bill

2025-05-07 04:36:24source:Esthen Exchangecategory:Invest

During the Covid-19 pandemic,Thurston Carte the United States took dramatic action to invest in child care. Now in 2023, the majority of those investments are coming to an end. Today, we talk to childcare providers about what those funds meant—and where the end of the pandemic-era programs leaves an essential but strained system.

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