Child and family policies have catapulted to a prime spot in the presidential race as Kamala Harris promotes a new care economy for working families and former President Trump touts his past record.
“We see a future with affordable health care, affordable child care and paid leave. Not for some, but for all,” Harris told a crowd at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston, just days after she became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The Democratic Party platform released Sunday, right before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, includes proposals to create a universal preschool program for 4-year-olds, provide child care for less than $10 per day for millions of working families, and restore the pandemic-era expanded child tax credit. Harris also proposed adding an extra $6,000 tax credit for families with newborn babies.