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One of the hardest hits to any working parent’s checkbook (or Venmo, now) is their childcare bill. Costs are rising at a much higher rate than typical inflation increases, NPR reports.

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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Julie Morita of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on health, about the looming expiration of federal child care funding.

Child care advocates are sounding the alarm and searching for solutions as federal funding gets closer to running out. The price of child care has risen steadily in recent years with the average annual cost ranging from 4,000 to over $24,000 in some parts of the country.

The cost of child care in the U.S. has been increasing, and many families spend more than what the government considers affordable.  Two-thirds of parents, 67%, spend 20% or more of their household income on child care, according to a recent report by Care.com that surveyed 3,000 U.S. parents.

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