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# Child care costs $17,000 a year for California parents. Would Biden plan help?

 June 01, 2021

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**Mario Cardona, chief of policy and practice at [Child Care Aware of America](https://www.childcareaware.org/about/child-care-aware-of-america/), said the tax breaks are “meaningful improvements to ensure families have the resources they need to access child care, and promote the health and well-being of their children.”

But, Cardona said, “They are not a replacement for a direct investment in child care. We will need sustained, robust federal investment to grow an affordable, accessible and equitable child care system that values the work of caregivers and serves all communities.”

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