{"id":2186,"date":"2026-04-06T13:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=2186"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:35:30","slug":"child-care-for-every-family-network-slams-trumps-claim-that-we-cant-take-care-of-day-care-because-were-fighting-wars","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/press-release\/child-care-for-every-family-network-slams-trumps-claim-that-we-cant-take-care-of-day-care-because-were-fighting-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care for Every Family Network Slams Trump\u2019s Claim that \u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Care of Day Care\u201d Because \u201cWe\u2019re Fighting Wars\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the Child Care for Every Family Network released the following statement slamming President Donald Trump\u2019s newly released Presidential Budget for FY27, which includes a staggering $1.5T in defense spending, while cutting essential programs that families depend on\u2013including child care. This budget comes only days after President Trump\u2019s comments that the federal government could not \u201ctake care of day care\u201d because it is busy \u201cfighting wars.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Paluso, Executive Director of the Child Care for Every Family Network, responded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMost people prioritize their families when they make spending choices. The President\u2019s 2027 budget proposal makes it official: he prioritizes war. Once again, he has shown that he does not care about the child care crisis in this country that is impacting millions of working parents every day. Even those parents who are being asked to fight in this war. By funneling a record $1.5 trillion into defense \u2013 a 40% increase \u2013 while gutting domestic programs like child care that families rely on to survive, he has made his choice. Just when we thought he couldn&#8217;t be more callous to what our families need, the President chooses weapons over kids. Parents won\u2019t forget.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President\u2019s FY27 budget proposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Cutting Head Start,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminating Preschool Development Grants (PDG),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminating the Child Care Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS) program,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flatfunding the primary source of federal child care dollars, the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clasp.org\/publications\/fact-sheet\/house-proposed-level-funding-for-ccdbg-would-mean-nearly-50000-children-lose-access-since-last-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLASP analysis<\/a> has shown would amount to a significant decrease in available child care slots.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The Child Care for Every Family Network is the national movement and campaign to transform childcare, representing 2,000+ child care providers, impacted families, state and national organizations, and organizers across the country. Learn more:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>childcareforeveryfamily.org<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the Child Care for Every Family Network released the following statement slamming President Donald Trump\u2019s newly released Presidential Budget for FY27, which includes a staggering $1.5T in defense spending, while cutting essential programs that families depend on\u2013including child care. This budget comes only days after President Trump\u2019s comments that the federal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/press-release\/child-care-for-every-family-network-slams-trumps-claim-that-we-cant-take-care-of-day-care-because-were-fighting-wars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Child Care for Every Family Network Slams Trump\u2019s Claim that \u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Care of Day Care\u201d Because \u201cWe\u2019re Fighting Wars\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/2186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childcareforeveryfamily.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}