"Cuts to federal funding that supported students of color and undocumented students dominated headlines in the first year of the Trump administration. But advocates for student parents say the administration has gutted benefit programs these students rely on, leaving a fifth of the country's college students vulnerable to financial hardship or even at risk of stopping out. Federal funds for programs providing a critical element of support for student parents, childcare, could be frozen or canceled."
"In a recent example, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services froze billions of dollars in childcare and family assistance funds to five Democrat-led states, citing fraud concerns. About $2.4 billion in Childcare and Development Fund grants and $7.35 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds are on the line. The Education Department also nixed grants for on-campus childcare at more than a dozen colleges this summer;"
"Childcare "is a lifeline for parenting college students," said Nicole Lynn Lewis, a former parenting student and founder and CEO of Generation Hope, a nonprofit that supports student parents. "To have that support significantly reduced, frozen, taken away, attacked, threatened-that is a major blow to families' ability to excel and to be able to experience economic mobility.""
Federal funding cuts and freezes have targeted programs that support students of color, undocumented students, and student parents, increasing financial vulnerability among these groups. The Department of Health and Human Services froze billions in childcare and family assistance funds to five Democrat-led states, jeopardizing about $2.4 billion in Childcare and Development Fund grants and $7.35 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds. The Education Department canceled on-campus childcare grants at numerous colleges, citing concerns about hiring practices and curriculum. The Child Care Access Means Parents in School program faces budgetary uncertainty and was moved administratively to HHS, risking added bureaucracy. Childcare remains critical for parenting students' persistence and economic mobility.
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