{"id":2623,"date":"2021-06-23T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-urge-congressional-leadership-to-include-700-billion-for-child-care-in-infrastructure-package_2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:41","slug":"wyden-merkley-colleagues-urge-congressional-leadership-to-include-700-billion-for-child-care-in-infrastructure-package_2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-urge-congressional-leadership-to-include-700-billion-for-child-care-in-infrastructure-package_2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley y colegas instan a los l\u00edderes del Congreso a incluir $700 mil millones para el cuidado infantil en el paquete de infraestructura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><i>Washington DC<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n, Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, junto con sus colegas, enviaron hoy una carta a los l\u00edderes del Congreso inst\u00e1ndolos a incluir al menos $700 mil millones durante 10 a\u00f1os en gastos directos en cuidado infantil en el pr\u00f3ximo paquete de infraestructura.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b>\u201cComo ha dejado en claro la pandemia, el cuidado infantil es una infraestructura esencial que hace posible todos los dem\u00e1s trabajos en nuestro pa\u00eds. El cuidado infantil de alta calidad tambi\u00e9n tiene beneficios duraderos para el desarrollo de los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. El pr\u00f3ximo paquete de financiaci\u00f3n debe incluir al menos $700 mil millones durante 10 a\u00f1os en gastos directos para inversiones estructurales a largo plazo en cuidado infantil. Creemos que esta es una oportunidad generacional para invertir en atenci\u00f3n asequible y de calidad para todos los ni\u00f1os que la necesitan, y les instamos a que no la desperdicien\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b>escribieron los legisladores.<b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">Incluso antes del COVID-19, muchas familias luchaban por encontrar cuidado infantil asequible y de calidad. A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/early-childhood\/reports\/2018\/12\/06\/461643\/americas-child-care-deserts-2018\/\">an\u00e1lisis nacional<\/a>&nbsp;encontr\u00f3 que la mitad de todas las familias viven en vecindarios clasificados como desiertos de cuidado infantil, donde hay una oferta insuficiente de cuidado infantil de calidad. En promedio, los desiertos de cuidado infantil tienen tasas de participaci\u00f3n de la fuerza laboral materna que son tres puntos porcentuales m\u00e1s bajas que en \u00e1reas con una oferta suficiente de proveedores de cuidado infantil. A pesar de que los trabajadores de cuidado infantil son cruciales para nuestra econom\u00eda,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2021-02-24-little-band-aids-won-t-fix-the-child-care-industry-new-report-proposes-an-overhaul\">rango<\/a>&nbsp;entre el dos por ciento inferior de los puestos por salario. En 2020, el&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/personal-care-and-service\/childcare-workers.htm\">promedio<\/a>&nbsp;el salario de un trabajador de cuidado infantil era $12.24 por hora.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b>\u201cEl pr\u00f3ximo paquete de infraestructura presenta una oportunidad hist\u00f3rica no solo para recuperarse de los efectos devastadores de la pandemia, sino tambi\u00e9n para construir una econom\u00eda de cuidados m\u00e1s s\u00f3lida para mujeres y familias en todo el pa\u00eds. Brindar cuidado asequible y de calidad para cada ni\u00f1o y familia que lo necesite crear\u00eda empleos, aumentar\u00eda la productividad y tendr\u00eda beneficios de por vida para el desarrollo y crecimiento de los ni\u00f1os. Le instamos a priorizar las inversiones en un sistema de cuidado infantil m\u00e1s s\u00f3lido en el pr\u00f3ximo paquete de financiaci\u00f3n para garantizar que las mujeres y las familias no se queden atr\u00e1s en nuestra recuperaci\u00f3n\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b>continuaron los legisladores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">La carta fue dirigida por Wyden, la senadora Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., la representante Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., y Jamaal Bowman, DN.Y. Junto con Merkley, tambi\u00e9n fue firmado por los senadores Tina Smith, D-Minn., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Cory Booker, DN.J., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, DN.M., y Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., y 118 miembros de la C\u00e1mara.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">Wyden y Merkley han pedido constantemente apoyo inmediato para la industria del cuidado infantil:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>En marzo, Wyden y Merkley ayudaron a aprobar el Plan de Rescate Estadounidense, legislaci\u00f3n de alivio del coronavirus que incluye m\u00faltiples fuentes de financiaci\u00f3n para apoyar el cuidado infantil, como $15 mil millones para Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) y $24 mil millones para COVID-19. fondo de estabilizaci\u00f3n y alivio para el cuidado infantil, que proporciona a los estados recursos para ofrecer subvenciones inmediatas a los proveedores de cuidado infantil que luchan por permanecer abiertos.<\/li>\n<li>En mayo de 2021, Wyden junto con sus colegas del Senado presentaron el<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/warren-wyden-brown-casey-smith-introduce-new-bill-to-build-child-care-infrastructure-and-availability\">&nbsp;<i>Ley de construcci\u00f3n de cuidado infantil para un futuro mejor<\/i><\/a><i>,&nbsp;<\/i>que asignar\u00eda<i>&nbsp;<\/i>financiaci\u00f3n obligatoria para aumentar la disponibilidad de cuidado infantil a largo plazo.<\/li>\n<li>Ese mismo mes, Wyden, junto con colegas de la C\u00e1mara y el Senado<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/new-report-from-warren-colleagues-universal-child-care-is-essential-to-the-post-pandemic-economic-recovery\">&nbsp;public\u00f3 un nuevo informe que destaca<\/a>&nbsp;la necesidad cr\u00edtica de expandir e invertir en nuestro sistema de cuidado infantil y solicitar $700 mil millones para apoyar las inversiones en cuidado infantil a medida que el pa\u00eds se dirige hacia una recuperaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica posterior a la pandemia.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Tambi\u00e9n en mayo, Wyden y Merkley copatrocinaron la <i>Ley de cuidado infantil para familias trabajadoras<\/i>, legislaci\u00f3n bipartidista y bicameral que har\u00eda que el cuidado infantil fuera asequible para las familias trabajadoras, ampliara el acceso a la educaci\u00f3n preescolar para ni\u00f1os de 3 y 4 a\u00f1os, y aumentara la compensaci\u00f3n y brindara capacitaci\u00f3n a los trabajadores de cuidado infantil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/download\/20210622-letter-to-leadership-re-700b-child-care-investment\">Texto de la carta (PDF)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today with colleagues sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to include at least $700 billion over 10 years in direct spending on child care in the upcoming infrastructure package.&nbsp; &ldquo;As the pandemic has made clear, child care is essential infrastructure that makes all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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