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title: Child care cost as much as rent for many families at inflation's peak, new data shows
description: Anne Hedgepeth quoted in NBC News article.
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# [Child care cost as much as rent for many families at inflation's peak, new data shows](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/child-care-cost-as-much-as-rent-for-many-families-at-inflations-peak-new-data-shows)

 Written by [CCAoA](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/author/ccaoa) | Nov 26, 2024 9:23:40 PM

NBC News

Many families have been effectively cutting a second rent check to send their kids to day care, according to [new data from the Department of Labor](https://blog.dol.gov/2024/11/19/new-data-childcare-costs-remain-an-almost-prohibitive-expense).

There is reason to believe child care may have had a more direct impact on state and local races, said Anne Hedgepeth, Senior Vice President of Policy and Research at Child Care Aware of America, a national advocacy group.

 

“Voters do show up and do vote for child care when they have the opportunity to,” Hedgepeth said, citing [an election-night survey](https://nwlc.org/resource/2024-election-night-survey-results/) by the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit that advocates for women’s rights, in which 77% of voters said guaranteeing access to affordable child care was important to them.

 

[Read the full article.](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/child-care-cost-much-rent-many-families-inflations-peak-new-data-shows-rcna180875) 

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