Washington, D.C.
Senator Casey heard from parents and policy makers during a HELP Committee hearing on the implementation of a renewed child care law. Senator Casey discussed the progress made with this law, including new health and safety standards, a focus on higher quality, and more flexibility for families who have a change of circumstances. Unfortunately for too many families, high quality child care remains out of their reach. need to make it easier for families to afford and access high quality care and we need to pay our child care workforce appropriately. Senator Casey recently introduced the Child CARE Act, which would make it easier for families to afford and access high quality care and we need to pay our child care workforce appropriately.