The pandemic has shined a spotlight on how precarious the U.S. caregiving infrastructure is, as schools went remote and parents struggled to access child care across the nation. But after two years, there may be a federal push to do better for American families.
President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, released in May of 2021 as an outline of his administration’s priorities, proposed $6 trillion in mandatory and discretionary spending, with investments in housing, child care, and early learning centers. However, Congress passed the official 2022 budget in March with critical points missing, leaving many caregivers with mixed feelings.
