{"id":5927,"date":"2021-05-19T22:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/child-care-january-2020-debate\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T22:06:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:06:52","slug":"child-care-january-2020-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/child-care-january-2020-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"America’s child care crisis gets much-deserved attention in January 2020 debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took five debates — and, eventually, a full panel of female moderators — to produce a single question about the importance of child care to American families<\/a>, even though the issue has been at the forefront of national politics on both sides of the aisle. <\/p>

But on Tuesday night in Iowa — just weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses, and where the state legislature is considering legislation to address the child care crisis<\/a> — the candidates were finally given the chance to address their child care proposals at length, and in depth. (For more, read our full breakdown of the Democratic candidates’ child care policy proposals<\/a>.)<\/p>