The Education Department discontinued some CCAMPIS grants because programs planned to teach children about gender identity and racial justice and because staff hiring was not based on merit. The agency notified some programs last week that funding had been cancelled and informed about 100 other programs that their funding would be renewed. The department did not disclose which institutions lost funding; affected programs will retain funds through the end of the grant period. Since 1999 CCAMPIS has provided campus childcare assistance to low-income student parents; in 2023, 264 colleges received grants averaging $317,108. Congress appropriated $75 million for FY2024, and the President’s proposed FY2026 budget would eliminate the program. David Baime said the grants enable institutions to serve more students, remain open longer, provide more services, and can determine whether programs can continue operating.
The Trump administration will not fund programs that are not in the best interest of the American families they are intended to serve,
The grants enable institutions to serve more students, to remain open for more hours, to provide more services. And in some cases, we've been told it's a difference between remaining in operation and closing,
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