I am fighting for continued federal funding to make child care and early childhood education affordable and accessible.
Fight for continued federal funding to make child care and early childhood education affordable and accessible.
Occurrences
Evidence
Bonamici said she was joining the Bipartisan Pre-K and Child Care Caucus to address the child care crisis and find solutions that help families afford care and education for young children.
Bonamici joined a bicameral letter urging an investment of $16 billion a year, including extending Child Care Stabilization grants and emergency child care funding to prevent closures.
Congress.gov lists Bonamici as the sponsor of H.R.6067, introduced to improve the Child and Adult Care Food Program for children in child care settings.
Bonamici said the U.S. has a serious lack of affordable, accessible child care and introduced the Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act to expand early childhood education career pathways and grow the workforce.
Bonamici praised a funding package that included a $725 million increase for the Child Care Development Block Grant and a $275 million increase for Head Start.
Assessments
Bonamici promised to fight for continued federal funding for affordable, accessible child care and early childhood education. The evidence shows both concrete advocacy and legislative activity, including leading calls for emergency child care funding, joining and launching caucus work, introducing related bills, and publicly supporting a FY2024 package with increased funding for the Child Care Development Block Grant and Head Start. Because the promise was framed as an advocacy/funding commitment rather than a guarantee to fully solve affordability or access, the documented federal funding increases and sustained same-term efforts are sufficient to treat it as fulfilled.