Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:23:14 -0500 From: "Lynette Fraga, Child Care Aware of America" <Lynette.Fraga@usa.childcareaware.org> To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: BREAKING: President Obama Announces Landmark Child Care Proposal Message-ID: <0.0.D5.348.1D036681A790FF6.0@outbound5.mailmanager.net>
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Fresh off the State of the Union, President Obama is set to visit Kansas University today to announce a landmark proposal to help all working families with young children afford child care. President Obama's plan to make affordable, quality child care available to every working and middle-class family with young children includes:Making a significant investment in the Child Care and Development Fund that helps every eligible family with young children afford quality child care.Tripling the maximum child care tax credit to $3,000 per young child.Creating a new innovation fund to help states design programs that better serve families that face unique challenges in finding quality care, such as those in rural areas or working non-traditional hours.Watch the President's Remarks on Child Care live at 12:25pm Eastern at whitehouse.gov/live. Read more about the President's Proposal on our Policy blog at http://capwiz.com/naccrra/utr/1/EKCUUFQOSY/ATZDUFQPRG/10680515401/ The White House Fact Sheet on the proposal can be found here: http://capwiz.com/naccrra/utr/1/EKCUUFQOSY/NFQPUFQPRH/10680515401 To build upon this news on child care, we will be hosting a Tweet Storm today at 2pm ET. Make sure to join and use the hashtags #ChildCare #InvestInUs and #ChildCare Costs and feel free to share any infographics from our cost of care report. To follow along with Child Care Aware of America during the twitter storm at @usachildcare Stay tuned to Child Care Aware of America and visit our website at www.usa.childcareaware.org for the latest on the President's new child care proposal. My best,Lynette Fraga, Ph.D. --- If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please visit http://capwiz.com/naccrra/lmx/u/?jobid=240203572&queueid=10680515401.
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