Home Grown Applauds the Biden Administration’s Request for $16 Billion in Additional Funding for Child Care

A young boy draws with white chalk on a red wall, creating a smiling face with pointy ears.

Home Grown applauds the Administration for submitting to Congress the request for much-needed resources to keep child care providers afloat, and urges Congress to pass this much-needed aid quickly. 

Venette Pierre has a background in marketing, public relations and community development. She is passionate about advocating for access to quality supports for underserved communities and storytelling through digital communications.

After a YouTuber posted a video claiming that Minnesota child care centers receiving public funding were not providing services to children, the federal government froze child care funding for five majority-Democratic states.
Although we celebrate Provider Appreciation Day one day a year, the home-based child care providers who care for our children earn our gratitude and support every single day, every single moment of the year.
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