The facts
The federal Child Care and Development Block Grant received roughly $8.75 billion in discretionary funding in fiscal year 2024.
The average annual cost of center-based infant care in the U.S. exceeded $15,600 in 2023, according to Child Care Aware of America.
Head Start, first launched in 1965, serves roughly 750,000 children each year through federally funded local programs.
A 2023 Treasury Department report found U.S. parents spend an average of 13% of family income on childcare, more than double the federal affordability benchmark of 7%.
Civil rights groups sued the Trump administration in July 2026 to block restrictions on federal childcare and family assistance funding.
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