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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you op. It’s disgusting how no one cares about parents or school aged children. And that people just pretend we’re bad parents for needing to go to work. [/quote]

We should have emergency funds. And the government SHOULD provide more stimulus relief checks.[/quote]

No, the government shouldn't provide relief checks to working parents and parents are responsible for their own child care.  If you cannot afford child care, you need to rework your budget or apply for vouchers.[/quote]

Are there actually vouchers for childcare?[/quote]

Yes. But the income requirements in DC are pretty low -- it is easy for a family of 4 to make too much to qualify but not enough to afford full-care on their own after the costs of housing in the city (i.e. a family of 4 making 90k would not qualify, but no way could you afford market rent in DC plus full time childcare for 2 kids on that salary).

Even if you do qualify, the waitlists for the city-run centers are crazy long, especially now. You can use the vouchers for some qualifying childcares in the city, but there are a lot of hoops to jump through and it's not so simple as just applying for a voucher today and getting your kid into a daycare.

Also, if your kids are, say, 6 and 8 years old, you may have a very hard time finding any facility that will take them as most childcare facilities do not normally take kids older than 4 (kids 5 and up are required to be in school usually). So then you are talking about day camps or nannies, and the vouchers absolutely do not pay for that.[/quote]

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