Hillary Clinton's Plan To Make Child Care Affordable

(This photo of Hillary Clinton is from her campaign web site.)

From hillaryclinton.com:

Quality child care during early childhood is one of the most important investments a parent can make in their child’s future, but the cost of child care in America has been rising for decades.

Too many parents are forced to make an impossible choice between paying for child care or paying for other vital family expenses.

In 27 states and the District of Columbia, the annual cost of infant child care is higher than a year’s in-state college tuition and fees at a public university.

Rapidly rising child care costs and stagnant wages mean that those costs are straining family budgets. According to the Center for American Progress, the average American family with children under five spends roughly 9 percent of their monthly income on child care. But many working families are paying much more. This issue affects millions of families.

Hillary will fight to make child care affordable for families—not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s a smart thing to do. She will:

* Increase federal funding to bring down the cost of child care for low-income families.

* Provide tax relief to help lower costs for working families.

* Double funding for the Early Head Start–Child Care partnership program.