美联社调查显示，截至2025年春季，23个州和哥伦比亚特区共有数十万符合条件的儿童在等待政府资助的儿童保育援助1。等待名单规模自2023年以来大幅增加，当时仅有8个州存在此类等待1。这一困境源于2024年秋季疫情援助资金到期，该笔280亿美元的资金在共和党控制的国会拒绝延续后失效1，导致许多低收入家庭、无家可归者和寄养儿童无法继续获得保育补助1。
印第安纳州的情况反映了问题的严峻性。该州于2024年12月启动等待名单，截至2026年春季约有37,000名儿童等待援助1。州长Mike Braun于4月宣布向儿童保育援助计划拨款200万美元，预计将帮助约8,000名儿童脱离等待名单1。然而，特朗普政府对该计划的欺诈指控表示关注，曾暂停向5个民主党领导州的资金拨款1。特朗普总统表示："我们在打仗，没法照顾托儿所。你得让州去照顾托儿所，他们也应该为此付费1。"这一立场反映出联邦政府与地方保育需求之间的分歧。
An Associated Press investigation has revealed that as of spring 2025, hundreds of thousands of eligible children across 23 states and the District of Columbia are on waitlists for government-funded childcare assistance.1 The number of states with such waitlists has surged dramatically since 2023, when only eight states maintained them.1 This crisis emerged after $2.8 billion in emergency pandemic relief funding expired in fall 2024, which Congress—controlled by Republicans—declined to extend.1 The loss of this support has forced many low-income families, homeless individuals, and children in foster care to make difficult trade-offs between employment, education, and childcare.
Indiana illustrates the scale of the challenge, having launched its waitlist in December 2024 with approximately 37,000 children awaiting assistance as of spring 2026.1 In response, Governor Mike Braun announced in April a $2 million allocation to the childcare assistance program, expected to help roughly 8,000 children exit the waitlist.1 The Trump administration has focused on investigating fraud allegations within the program, having suspended funding disbursements to five Democratic-led states.1 President Trump stated: "We're fighting wars. We can't take care of daycare. You got to let a state take care of daycare, and they should pay for it, too."1
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