2026-09-17 · Fox News
🔮 The reported proposal would expand eligibility for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) assistance to some married families in which one spouse works at least 35 hours a week and the other stays home, with the benefit averaging about $9,000 per child annually, according to reports.
The New York Times reported Sept. 5 that the administration was considering the proposal in the context of Vice President JD Vance’s longstanding advocacy for extending child-care assistance to stay-at-home parents, although a White House official told Fox News Digital that Vance has not pushed this specific proposal.
"Until the Administration officially unveils a policy push, any leaked reporting about potential policy ideas that have been neither fully baked nor released should be regarded as pointless speculation," said the official. mixed