OP-ED: Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to this Critical Federal Program

Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to This Critical Federal Program - Joint Center

Former Joint Center Senior Policy Analyst Justin Nalley and Special Assistant Carlton Langford co-authored an op-ed titled "Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to This Critical Federal Program." This op-ed discussed the importance of protecting and reauthorizing the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act to ensure it continues serving low-income

OP-ED: Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to this Critical Federal Program

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — CCAMPIS is designed to help low-income student parents cover the cost of childcare. It can fund on-campus or community care, after-school programs, and even financial counseling for students who are parenting while in college, just like we did.

Don’t Let This Lifeline for Black Student Parents Disappear

Last month, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative Katherine Clark reintroduced the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act to keep the program running through 2031 and increase its funding to $500 million annually. CCAMPIS is designed to help low-income student parents cover the cost of child care. It can fund on-campus or community care, after-school programs, and even financia…