What the federal stimulus bill means to California's child care sector [edsource.org]
By Karen D'Souza, EdSource, March 11, 2021 President Joe Biden’s child care relief bill, part of the sweeping $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that the president signed into law Thursday, may not end the growing child care crisis, but it will throw a much-needed lifeline to a field on the brink of collapse, early childhood advocates say. “Our early educator community has been desperately underfunded for decades. Even before the pandemic, most child care providers — particularly those in...