Trump plan would pay stay-at-home parents through child-care fund
A reported Trump administration draft could extend federal child-care subsidies to some married families with a stay-at-home parent.
FOX 5 DC reports that the Trump administration is drafting a plan to let some married couples with a stay-at-home parent receive federal child-care subsidies1.
FOX 5 DC says the plan would be the first federal subsidy designed to pay parents to stay home and raise their children1. FOX 5 DC reports families typically received CCDF vouchers for child-care programs or care from a relative or neighbor.
“approximately $9,000 per child annually.”
The fund was created in the 1990s to help low-income and working-class parents afford child care; the proposal would also support a parent staying home1.
Vice President JD Vance is championing the plan, which would use the Health and Human Services Department’s Child Care and Development Fund, or CCDF1. FOX 5 DC reports that eligibility would require marriage, one spouse working “at least 35 hours per week,” the other staying home, and meeting income limits that vary by state1.
Eligible families could receive “approximately $9,000 per child annually.” Unmarried couples with a stay-at-home parent and nonworking single parents would not qualify, according to the report1.
About 994,000 families received CCDF assistance in 2023, FOX 5 DC reported, citing HHS data; 35% of recipient families lived below the federal poverty level1.
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