Any working parent will likely find childcare essential to getting back to work, and DC makes sure providers get the financial help they need to stay in business.

Any working parent will likely find childcare essential to getting back to work, and DC makes sure providers get the financial help they need to stay in business.

The district is allocating US $ 10.7 million to a new grant program that provides financial relief for licensed daycare. A $ 3 million fund has also been established for providers affected by the public health emergency.

Mayor Muriel Bowser called childcare “critical” and said in a statement that the funding provides “the robust relief they need to stay in business, serve families and make it to the other side of this pandemic”.

Grants are made through the Washington Area Community Investment Funds and the Low-Income Investment Fund websites.

Combined with the assistance offered last year, more than $ 24 million in financial assistance has been provided for childcare workers, the mayor’s office said.

“Along with other strategies we put in place during the public health emergency, including the public health emergency subsidy rate, which increases payments to subsidy providers, these funds will help childcare workers do their vital work of supporting families and to prepare children to resume success in school, ”said Shana Young, Interim State Superintendent.

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