Childcare Solutions Hearing: 

This week, the Committee on Education and Workforce held an Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing titled “Supporting Working Families: State-Led Child Care Solutions.” This hearing was an opportunity to hear from states about the innovative ways they are approaching childcare for the benefit of families, businesses, and communities. Finding long-term solutions to childcare, which is often limited in rural regions, can strengthen our workforce and economy. In Pennsylvania, a shortage of childcare affects many rural communities. That’s why I introduced the Community Services Block Grant Improvement Act to update and reauthorize the Community Services Block Grant, a federal program that helps low-income families afford childcare and child development services. I thank the Committee on Education and Workforce for welcoming conversations surrounding childcare and potential solutions to the national shortage.