Vote Yes on this bill if you want to expand access to affordable child care, raise provider payment rates to better match real costs, fund new and improved child care facilities, strengthen the workforce, and help more parents work, train, study, or get treatment while their children are in safe care.

Organizations that support this bill may include child care providers, early childhood education advocates, labor unions, employer groups that rely on working parents, anti-poverty organizations, and groups representing rural, foster, homeless, and low-income families.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid larger federal spending, limit new grant programs and state planning requirements, keep child care eligibility from expanding further, and reduce the federal role in setting expectations for child care payments, quality efforts, and facility growth.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, small-government and anti-spending organizations, and some groups concerned about higher federal costs, added state reporting duties, or more government involvement in child care policy.