A $50 Million Push Aims to Make Child Care a Big Issue in Midterm Elections

A $50 million push aims to make child care a big issue in midterm elections

An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child care and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation’s affordability debate.

Group hopes to make child care a key issue in midterms

WASHINGTON — An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation's affordability debate.

Group hopes to make child care key midterm issue

WASHINGTON — An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation's affordability debate.

Rising Child Care Costs Fuel Major Political Push in Key Races

Group Invests $50M to Elevate Child Care, Elder Care in 2026 Races Children draw in one of the classrooms at the Children’s Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) (AP) An advocacy group seeking to expand support for child and elder care says it plans to spend $50 million to boost Democrats in key congressional races, aiming to tie the rising cost of caregiving to the nation’s b…