Posted on 09/07/2026 7:11:45 AM PDT by dennisw
The Trump administration is drafting a Health and Human Services policy that would, for the first time, let a married parent who stays home with the children collect federal child-care money that Washington has spent thirty years routing almost exclusively to day-care centers.
The New York Times, citing people familiar with the talks and a draft document, reports the change is a priority for Vice President JD Vance and would tap the Child Care and Development Fund, the 1990s program built to help low-income parents pay for care so they could work or go to school.
Typical aid runs about $9,000 per child a year.
Under the draft, a married couple in certain income brackets could use that assistance for “parent-based childcare,” meaning one spouse stays home while the other works at least 35 hours a week.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
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Most Freepers are Socialist because we have to keep Social Security no matter what even though it needs reform badly.
So no need for the father to stay home unless there’s some serious difficulty.
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Kinda like mayor pete?
🤮 No! Was thinking if twins, or a difficult birth and Mom needs to recuerate, or baby has some problem. Otherwise....
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