President Joe Biden announced what some are calling a largely symbolic executive order aimed at increasing access to child care and to long-term care for older adults and those with disabilities.
While the order contains more than 50 directives to improve access and better working conditions for caregivers, "the directives would be funded out of existing commitments, the White House said," per the Associated Press. "That likely means their impact would be limited and they'd carry more of a symbolic weight about what's possible.
The White House announcement said the cost of child care has risen 26% in the past decade and more than doubled over 30 years. Cost of care for those who are elderly or who have disabilities has risen 40% in the past decade. In a call with reporters Monday, White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice said that the "child care and long-term care systems in this country just don't work well. High-quality care is costly to deliver, it's labor intensive. It requires skilled workers."
Streamlining the process for building child care facilities to serve Native American and Alaska Native children.
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