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The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) provides federal funding for states for child care subsidies for low-income families with children under 13. Before their August recess, the House voted to increase funding for CCDBG by $2.4 billion. The Senate has yet to decide whether to increase funding and by how much.
Senator Merkley wants to hear from you! The Senator is interested in hearing from Oregonian's about the high costs of child care and how they would benefit from increased subsidies.
Fill out the form on the right to send a Tweet to Senator Merkley letting him know you support increased funding for child care.
Sample Tweets:
High-quality child care is important to me because -----. I strongly encourage you to work with your Senators to increase CCDBG funding by at least $2.4 billion, which is the increase supported by the House of Representatives.
In Oregon, parents pay an average of $11,322 annually for infant child care and $8,787 annually for 4-year-old child care. Yet only 11% of eligible Oregon children receive child care assistance per month. Will you support increasing funding for child care? #FundChildCare
An increase of $2.4 billion could help an additional 3,730 children in Oregon receive child care assistance. This would support working families and offer our youngest Oregonians the strong start they need to thrive. Can we count on you? #FundChildCare
Across our state, families are overburdened by the high cost of child care and the tradeoffs they must make in order to afford high-quality care for their children. The Senate can help by committing to #FundChildCare. Can we count on you to help?
Fill out the form on the right to send a Tweet to Senator Merkley letting him know you support increased funding for child care.
Sample Tweets:
High-quality child care is important to me because -----. • I strongly encourage the Senator to work with his fellow Senators to increase CCDBG funding by at least $2.4 billion, which is the increase supported by the House of Representatives.
We know that in Oregon, parents are paying an average of $11,322 annually for infant child care and $8,787 annually for 4-year-old child care. At the same time, only 11% of eligible Oregon children receive child care assistance per month.
An increase of $2.4 billion could help an additional 3,730 children in Oregon receive child care assistance. This would support working families and offer our youngest Oregonians the strong start they need to thrive. #FundChildCare
Across our state, families are overburdened by the high cost of child care and the tradeoffs they must make in order to afford high-quality care for their children. The Senate can help by committing to #FundChildCare
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