ACTION NEEDED: Save $24M for Child Care!
We need your voice today! The House Appropriations Committee has cut $24.3 million from the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in the state budget, HB1. This is a 50% cut to the funds that were secured last year. The full house will vote on the budget this Thursday, April 25th. Please contact your representative today to tell them that those nearly 2,000 seats are desperately needed, and we cannot afford to lose them!
The CCAP waitlist already has 6,500 children on it, some of whom have been waiting over a year for care. We need more investment in this program, not less. If these parents lose their child care, they may be forced to cut back on their work hours or quit their jobs entirely, which leads to an unreliable workforce and can hurt our economy. Child care breakdowns already cost Louisiana $1.3 billion a year—how much productivity will be lost when thousands of seats are eliminated? How can we expect young families to stay in or move to Louisiana if there is not enough available care for their children?
ACTION NEEDED: Save $24M for Child Care!
We need your voice today! The House Appropriations Committee has cut $24.3 million from the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in the state budget, HB1. This is a 50% cut to the funds that were secured last year. The full house will vote on the budget this Thursday, April 25th. Please contact your representative today to tell them that those nearly 2,000 seats are desperately needed, and we cannot afford to lose them!
The CCAP waitlist already has 6,500 children on it, some of whom have been waiting over a year for care. We need more investment in this program, not less. If these parents lose their child care, they may be forced to cut back on their work hours or quit their jobs entirely, which leads to an unreliable workforce and can hurt our economy. Child care breakdowns already cost Louisiana $1.3 billion a year—how much productivity will be lost when thousands of seats are eliminated? How can we expect young families to stay in or move to Louisiana if there is not enough available care for their children?