Decision Time: Lawmakers Discuss Governor’s $1.4 Billion Plan for Michigan’s Child Care System

In the newest episode of Speaking for Kids State Reps. Ranjeev
Puri and Greg VanWoerkom, members of the Governor’s Task Force on
Child Care, and parents of school-age children of their own sit
down with Host Matt Gillard to discuss the Legislature’s plan to
take up the Governor’s $1.4 Billion proposals to address the
state’s child care system and the eight-bill package of reforms
working through the Legislature. An issue that’s plagued working
parents for years, child care access and affordability reached a
critical point during the pandemic with 100s of thousands of
women leaving the workforce in Michigan. VanWoerkom and Puri
discuss how the issue has gained bipartisan support and what the
prospects are for real change in this and future budget cycles.