Child Care Providers Worry About ARPA Funds Ending

The financial supports from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) were critical to buffering the effects of the pandemic on child care programs. But deep inequities and challenges in the child care sector existed before the pandemic that will still be there when this funding ends in September 2023.

This fact sheet summarizes what providers have shared about these relief funds and what they expect the impacts to their program may be when the funds are no longer available.