A report released last week shows that the average childcare payment per household has risen over 30 percent since 2019.
Senator Marco Rubio is calling on Congress to deliver more checks for parents to help with rising childcare costs.'Across the board, the cost of raising children is skyrocketing,' Rubio told Newsweek in a Wednesday statement. 'My Providing for Life Act delivers flexible support that each family can use to meet their unique needs. I'm hopeful we can get this common sense reform passed.
Julie Kashen, the director of women's economic justice and senior fellow at the Century Foundation, told Newsweek that over the last month, there have been program closures in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maine and North Carolina and prices have risen faster than they have all year.
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