Faith-Based Child Care Has a Money Problem

The status of faith-based child care became a flash point during the debate over the "Build Back Better" Act. While those concerns were largely addressed prior to the legislation running aground, faith-based child care programs -- as well as secular programs -- now face an existential threat in the form of crippling staffing shortages. Proponents of faith-based care who fought for clearer language in Build Back Better must set aside ideological differences to save the sector before it crumbles entirely, taking faith-based programs with it.