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Posted on 09/06/2026 9:11:37 AM PDT by thegagline
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would open a federal child care program — built to help low-income parents hold jobs or finish school — to households where one married parent stays home, The New York Times reported Saturday.
No federal program currently pays a parent to forgo work and raise a child at home.
This one would be the first, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the discussions and a draft document the newspaper reviewed.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan is not final.
The money would come from the Child Care and Development Fund, a $12 billion program created in the 1990s and administered by the Health and Human Services Department.
The fund serves about 1.3 million children and pays roughly $9,000 per child a year. The draft would open "a new category of care, parent-based child care," under which "one married parent" could "receive C.C.D.F. assistance to care for their own child, while a spouse works at least 35 hours per week," according to the document the Times reviewed.
Vice President JD Vance has made the proposal a priority, according to the report, and the draft borrows from legislation Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote as a senator.
Vance has argued for years that young children fare better at home with a parent.
The change would not require congressional approval, but it needs White House sign-off and a public comment period, and could take effect as soon as next year.
About 80% of the 870,000 families receiving the subsidies are headed by single working parents, most of them mothers, according to Health Department figures cited by the Times.
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Instead of enlarging the entitlement class, end the welfare state.
Ronald Reagan gave a speech in 1966 called The Myth of The Great Society in which he points out that some 10 billion dollars is spent on some 42 federal welfare programs. I can’t imagine what those numbers are up to 60 years later.
“...end the welfare state.”
Exactly. And how many illegals are going to get this cash at our expense in the meantime? Let the states or big cities pay for it if they want it.
Rather than killing votes stopping moms at home, some think this will gather more voter support. Nada.
Not sure Vance is a small government conservative, another red flag.
DeSantis looking better and better
This is not welfare but a tax cut for young families.
Vance ‘28
This is what the 1960s were like with the WWII (and the earlier) generation running the government, Democrats had social programs and the Republicans had social programs.
“I can’t imagine what those numbers are up to 60 years later.”
AI Overview
The United States government operates more than 2,200 federal assistance and benefit programs created or authorized by Congress.
And people and pundits wonder why turnout is so low.
Black fathers are being given a pass. The fact that some are incarcerated is one thing, but...
This strikes me as an invitation to undesired consequences. It’s just plain wacky. The fraud potential is off the charts. What is to stop people from staying home & neglecting their kids? Paternalism in G’vt is an ugly thing often engendered by pandering rather than an informed attempt to improve social issues. Some of the baltic states forgive parts of income tax based on number of children. That is much simpler and more fraud proof as well as more effective. The G;vt needs to be out of social engineering not wading into more. If this is a Vance idea we should avoid giving him the reins of power.
I become less & less impressed with his intellectual ability and his folksy style of talking down to the American people.
A stipend is not a tax cut.
Nick Shirley may have something to say about this.
PAY YOUR OWN DAMNED BILLS.
He means well, but this will be open to major abuse. Instead, cut taxes for the middle class.
Would you prefer to implement this by a tax credit? Same same. Its a good idea either way.
This sounds like another excuse not to work.
Then the next obvious logical step is for you to get paid for mowing your own lawn and fixing your leaky toilet.
What a horrible idea!
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