Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Rep. Don Young (R-AK) in the House, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) in the Senate, will call for quadrupling investment in the program at a time when its funding is severely under threat. The Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill recently approved by the House Appropriations Committee eliminates funding for the program.
“Since its creation by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in 1998, CCAMPIS has helped student parents afford child care, remain in school, and graduate with the degrees they need to support their families,” said Young Invincibles’ Government Affairs Director Reid Setzer. “Young Invincibles thanks Reps. Clark and Young and Senator Duckworth for continuing to focus on serving student parents, who make up over a quarter of our country’s student population. Affording and completing a college education is already a major challenge for many young adults, but we know student parents take on more debt, often have less time to study, and have the added responsibility of ensuring their children are under safe care while they go to school. We were devastated to see the House budget eliminate funding for this program-a clear indication that those lawmakers crafting the budget are disconnected from the needs of today’s students. Young Invincibles supports not only protecting this program but expanding it, as these bills do, to better serve at-need student parents.”
Kyle Cerka, Ferris State University (MI)
Without the CCAMPIS grant, and the high quality child care it provided for our two children, there is absolutely no way we would have been able to stay in school.
Sabrina Vasquez – California State University, San Bernardino
Cutting funds means cutting success stories. I am very grateful for CCAMPIS and truly hope many more people get to experience the blessing it truly is.
Julie Kallio – University of Wisconsin – Madison
CCAMPIS has allowed me to pursue my studies, participating in research activities that I would have otherwise had to miss. Because of CCAMPIS, I will graduate sooner, with better experience for my career. CCAMPIS has also allowed my husband to work full time running his small business, allowing us to contribute to the economy and invest in our future. The campus preschool at UW-Madison is a model for how we should care for our youngest people and help their parents succeed. Cutting this funding will mean either that I, and thousands of students like me, will have to delay my studies or take out more student loans to cover the cost of childcare.
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