President Biden Proposes Historic Investments In Early Childhood Education and Care

 Giving his first speech to a joint session of congress, President Joe Biden proposed historic investments for the care and education of young children. He also discussed plans for other polices that impact young children and their families such as family leave. Below are video highlights related to early childhood from the speech and coverage from various media outlets of his plans for families. Below the videos is quotes related to child care from the speech.

Here are some key Biden Quotes from the speech:

“the American Families plan will provide access to quality, affordable child care. We guarantee that low- to middle-income families will pay no more than 7% of their income for high-quality care for children up to the age of 5. The most hard-pressed working families won’t have to spend a dime.

Third, the American Families Plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. No one should have to choose between a job and paycheck or taking care of themselves and a loved one – a parent, spouse, or child.

And fourth, the American Families Plan puts money directly into the pockets of millions of families. In March we expanded a tax credit for every child in a family. Up to a $3,000 Child Tax Credit for children over 6 — and $3,600 for children under 6.. With two parents, two kids, that’s up to $7,200 in your pocket to help take care of your family. This will help more than 65 million children and help cut child poverty in half this year. Together, let’s extend the Child Tax Credit at least through the end of 2025.”