Households who don't qualify for childcare subsidies in the programs' early years could be on the hook for higher costs.
of the analysis, signaling that many variables influence the figure. "But whatever the number, it's clear that it's higher than $0, and not by a little."
"The costs have to be borne by someone, and that's the parents," Linda Smith, who directs the Bipartisan Policy Center's early childhood initiative, said of expenses that aren't paid by the federal government. In most states, the 200% demarcation would equate to families making more than $180,000 a year, Malik said. And such a policy would still "guarantee free or affordable, quality childcare for more than 80% of young children," heHowever, a dramatic price spike isn't a likely or foregone conclusion, according to policy proponents.
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