Congress must act now to prevent America’s working families from falling off the ‘child care cliff’

At the end of [September], America’s working families who rely on affordable child care are going to be in a free-fall when Congress pushes them off the child care cliff…Alarmingly — and not widely known — the clock is ticking on this vital support for America’s working families. The $37 billion of this funding that has kept the child care system from crumbling expires Sept. 30 — a looming catastrophe dubbed the “child care cliff.” America’s families deserve better; our elected representatives in Washington must act immediately. Read the entire piece on The Hill.

By Josephine Kalipeni (@malawian81) — executive director of Family Values @ Work, a movement network of grassroots organizers and coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave, earned sick and safe days, and affordable, high-quality child care at the state and national levels.

This Op-ed ran Sept. 26 on TheHill.com