John,

Over 3 million U.S. children could lose child care soon, because federal funding is set to expire at the end of the month.

Last week, I hosted a roundtable with the congressional Mamas’ Caucus and leaders in our community to discuss the urgent need for Congress to invest in child care.

Through the American Rescue Plan Act, hard-hit child care providers received financial assistance to cover costs for providing care. Without extending the funding past this month, 70,000 child care programs will likely need to shut down. We can’t let that happen.

Please add your name today to call on Congress to invest in child care and early childhood learning programs, before funding expires on September 30.

Congress can pass emergency spending measures, and we also need long-term solutions, such as investing in child care and early childhood learning programs, ensuring decent living wages for workers, and getting families the resources they need to be able to afford child care.

We already have great policies in front of us.

I co-sponsored two bills this year that would invest in child care and early learning programs: the Child Care for Working Families Act and the Child Care for Every Community Act.

I also introduced the End Child Poverty Act to provide families with a universal benefit of nearly $400 per month, from children’s birth until their 19th birthday. This would provide more per month (and for more years) than the American Rescue Plan’s temporarily expanded Child Tax Credit, which helped families cover rising child care costs and cut child poverty by 40% before it expired at the end of 2021.

We have policy solutions, but we need to pass them through Congress and implement them.

Will you join the call to invest in children, families, and care workers?

Thank you. As founder of the Congressional Mamas’ Caucus, I will always prioritize supporting mamas and working families.

In solidarity,

Rashida