.
. THURSDAY PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSH FOR THE TWO POINT TWO TRILLION
DOLLAR >> CARERS ACT.
THEN >> HE PROPOSED THE
TWO POINT THREE TRILLION DOLLAR
AMERICAN JOBS PLAN AND TONIGHT
HE'LL PITCH YOU ON ANOTHER ONE
POINT EIGHT DOLLARS TRILLION
FOR THE AMERICAN FAMLIES PLAY.
THIS IS A REALLY >> BOLD
PROPOSAL FROM HEEALTH PAYING
FOR CHILD CARE.
OUR DAYCARE COSTS BECAME MORE
THAN THE MORTGAGE ON OUR >>
HOUSE TO UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL
AND FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THE WHITE HOUSE ARGUES THE PLAN
ACTUALLY CREATES MORE TAX
DOLLARS THAN IT SPENDS AND THE
TRIAD HAS SEEN SOME PROOF OF
THAT.
IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE
PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITIES.
BUT TOP REPUBLICANS >> IN D.C.
HAVE >> THEIR DOUBTS.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SEEMS
TO HAVE GIVEN UP ON SELLING
ACTUAL UNITY IN FAVOR OF CATNIP
FOR THEIR LIBERAL BASE.
LET'S DIG INTO KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH 12TH GRADE IS HOW MUCH
FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLING HAS BEEN
OFFERED IN AMERICA SINCE WAY
BACK IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS.
BUT TONIGHT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
WILL PROPOSE ADDING FOUR MORE
YEARS OF FREE SCHOOL >> TO ON
THE FRONT END WITH UNIVERSAL
PRESCHOOL AND TWO ON THE BACK
WITH FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THE IDEA IS PART OF THE
AMERICAN FAMLIES PLAN WHICH THE
PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL
TONIGHT DURING A PRIMETIME
SPEECH TO CONGRESS.
MADDIE GARDNER JOINED BY BEN
BRISCOE.
AND FROM NOW UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK
WE ARE GOING TO DIG INTO HOW
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN WILL
IMPACT YOUR FAMILY STARTING >>
A TWO YEARS OF UNIVERSAL
PRESCHOOL FOR ALL KIDS.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONE
TRIAD COUNTY HAS BEEN TRYING TO
DO FOR YEARS NOW FORSYTH
LEADERS SAY THE IDEA GAINED
STEAM WAY BACK IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
THAT'S WHEN A HARVARD STUDY
FOUND THE COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE
WORST IN THE NATION FOR HELPING
POOR CHILDREN MOVE UP THE
INCOME LADDER SO THEY SET UP A
TASK FORCE TO LOOK INTO THE
BEST WAYS TO CHANGE THAT AND IN
ALL THE RESEARCH ONE IDEA KEPT
POPPING UP GIVING KIDS THE
CHANCE TO GO TO PRESCHOOL.
MORE OF THOSE KIDS IN FACT, THE
DIRECTOR OF EARLY LEARNING FOR
WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY
SCHOOL SAYS THERE ARE MOUNDS
AND MOUNDS OF RESEARCH THAT
SHOW THE BENEFITS OF PRE-K >>.
PRE-K IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR
PROVIDING POSITIVE INTERACTIONS
SOCIALLY EMOTIONAL SKILLS,
BUILDING SKILLS AND I'LL
DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS LOOKING
AT THE WHOLE CHILD
COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
HIGH QUALITY PRE-K PROGRAMS
ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CHILDREN TO BUILD BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE WHICH THEY WILL NEED
TO MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE
WORLD AROUND THEM >> AND
ANOTHER MEMBER FOR S PRE-K
PRIORITY TASK FORCE SAYS EVEN
IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS THERE
ARE BIG BENEFITS TO THE
COMMUNITY OFFERING PRE-K.
IT HAS AN IMPACT ON HOW OFTEN
CHILDREN OR HOW MANY CHILDREN
WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SAY IT'S A PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT'S
EVERYONE'S CONCERN.
IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE
PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT PRACTICALLY
EVERY DEVELOPED COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH
LONG AGO IN SEEING THIS AS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE OVERALL
SOCIAL SUPPORTS THAT THEY
PROVIDE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND
CITIZENS.
AND ONCE THOSE >> KIDS GROW UP
INTO STRONG STUDENTS, PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S HOPE IS TO GIVE THEM
FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HELP
THEM FIND A GOOD JOB.
THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN THAT
IS EXPECTED TO COST ONE HUNDRED
NINE BILLION DOLLARS.
THINK ABOUT THIS THE NORTH
CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS
SAID THAT EVERY TAX DOLLAR
INVESTED IN THEIR SYSTEM
PRODUCES FOUR DOLLARS AND 10
CENTS IN RETURN ONCE THOSE
STUDENTS START WORKING AFTER
GRADUATION.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S PLAN IS MORE AFFORDABLE
AND QUALITY CHILD CARE WHEN YOU
THINK OF CHILD CARE COSTS, YOU
MAY BE THINKING MONEY OUT OF
MOM AND DAD'S POCKET.
RIGHT.
BUT IT'S YOU KNOW THAT THE HIGH
COST OF CHILD CARE COSTS THE
PARENTS, THEIR BOSSES AND YOU
AND ME AS TAXPAYERS >> GET THIS
WHEN WORKING PARENTS CANNOT
AFFORD CHILD CARE IT COSTS THE
NATION FIFTY SEVEN BILLION
DOLLARS THAT'S NATIONWIDE AND
THAT IS ALSO ACCORDING TO A 20
19 STUDY BY THE STATISTICS
COUNCIL FOR A STRONG AMERICA.
THIS INCLUDES LOSSENED WAGE
EARNINGS, PRODUCTIVITY AND
REVENUE.
NORTH CAROLINA CONTRIBUTES TO
THREE PERCENT OF THAT WHICH
BREAKS DOWN TO ONE POINT SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS EIGHTY SIX
PERCENT OF WORKING PARENTS SAID
NOT HAVING PROPER CHILD CARE
HURT THEIR ABILITY TO WORK.
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN SUGGESTS
FULL COVERAGE OF CHILD CARE FOR
LOW INCOME FAMILIES PARENTS
EARNING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF
THE STATE'S MEDIAN INCOME WOULD
PAY NO MORE THAN SEVEN PERCENT
.
NOW LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT >>
THE PROBLEM IS HERE.
THE AVERAGE COST FOR CHILD CARE
IN NORTH CAROLINA IT IS MORE
THAN NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR THAT IS GET THIS SEVEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE MORE THAN
WHAT THEY PAY FOR COLLEGE AND
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO SEND A
KID TO COLLEGE.
IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE FOR CHILD
CARE THAN COLLEGE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT ONE NORTH
CAROLINA MOM PUTS IT INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
OUR >> DAYCARE COSTS BECAME
MORE THAN THE MORTGAGE ON OUR
HOUSE.
I HAVE AN 18 YEAR OLD SON WHO
GOES TO UNCC AND HE HIS TUITION
IS LESS THAN WHAT I PAY FOR
DAYCARE.
IT'S TRUE THE PRICE OF THIS
BURDEN FALLS LARGELY ON
PARENTS.
CHILD CARE TAKES AWAY SIXTY ONE
PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE PARENT'S
INCOME IN OUR STATE.
ON TOP OF THAT FAMLIES LOST
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER YEAR BECAUSE OF
LOST INCOME OR SEARCHING FOR
WORK.
NOT ONLY THAT BUT PARENTS ALL
THE TIME AS WELL.
PARENTS SURVEYED SAID THEY
LOSSENED AVERAGE OF TWO HOURS A
WEEK AT WORK FROM SHOWING UP
LATE LEAVING EARLY MISSING DAYS
OR OTHER DISTRACTIONS AS THEY
DEAL WITH CHILD CARE.
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF WORKING
PARENTS REPORTED MISSING
TRAININGS AT WORK AND EIGHT
PERCENT REPORTED BEING FIRED.
FOR >> THOSE OF YOU WITHOUT
KIDS YOU MIGHT BE THINKING SO
WHAT?
THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
THEIR PARENTS THEY CHOSE THAT
BUT THIS IMPACTS YOU TOO AND IT
COULD IMPACT THE COMPANY YOU
WORK FOR.
16 PERCENT OF PARENTS REJECTED
A PROMOTION OFFERED THEM 15
PERCENT DROPPED FROM FULL TIME
WORK TO PART TIME WORK AND 13
PERCENT OF PARENTS HAD TO QUIT
THEIR JOBS.
NOW THIS ALL MATTERS BECAUSE
THAT MEANS YOU COULD BE LOSING
MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR EACH PARENT AT WORK BECAUSE
OF LOST EARNINGS AND EXTRA
MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKETS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS COST
YOU MONEY BECAUSE YOU PAY TAXES
IF YOUR PARENTS IN THE
WORKFORCE MEANS FEWER PEOPLE
PAYING TAXES, THAT MEANS LESS
MONEY FOR ROAD REPAIRS PROJECTS
LIKE EXPANDING RURAL BROADBAND
AND OTHER STATE PROJECTS OUR
LEADERS WANT TO ACHIEVE TO SAVE
US ALL MONEY.
THE AMERICAN FAMLIES PLAN WANTS
TO INVEST IN CHILD CARE
PROVIDER TRAINING AND
CURRICULUM TO BETTER THE
QUALITY OF CARE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS NORTH CAROLINA
>> IS ON TOP OF THIS PROBLEM
ALREADY THERE ARE SEVERAL
PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP
FAMILIES GAIN ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HEALTH
CARE HERE AT HOME.
ONE PROGRAM IS SMART START IT
HELPS PARENTS PAY FOR CHILD
CARE AND GIVES PARENTS AND
EVERY NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY
ACCESS TO QUALITY CHILD CARE.
NOW THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
HEAD START PROGRAM WHICH IS A
FEDERALLY FUNDED PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN THREE AND
FOUR YEARS OLD.
SMART START USES STATE AND
PRIVATE FUNDING.
THE PROGRAM IS ALSO DIFFERENT
FROM PRE-K BECAUSE IT'S FOR
PARENTS WITH NEWBORNS AND UP TO
FIVE YEARS OLD >>.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL
SCHOOL BUILDING.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT TRIAD
COUNTIES HAVE ACCESS TO.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HELP
ENROLLING YOUR CHILD YOU CAN
FIND THE INFORMATION BY COUNTY
ON SMART STARTS WEBSITE YOU'LL
SEE THIS MAP SHOWING WHERE ALL
OF THE OFFICES ARE LOCATED.
SCROLL DOWN AND FIND THE
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR
AREA.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT THIS
INFORMATION ONLINE FOR YOU TO
MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW PARTS OF
THE AMERICAN FAMLIES PLAN.
REMEMBER THE WHITE HOUSE THINKS
EVENTUALLY THE CHANGES WUILL
CALLS ENOUGH TO FOR NEW TAX
DOLLARS TO FLOW IN TO PAY FOR
IT ALL.
BUT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT,
THEY WANT TO CLOSE SOME TAX
BREAKS FOR THE TOP ONE PERCENT
OF TAXPAYERS.
SO IT WON'T AFFECT YOUR HOME
AND IT WON'T AFFECT YOUR
WALLET.
IT'S AN ISSUE FOR SOMEONE
MAKING OVER FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS >>.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO LAY
OUT THIS PLAN IN DEPTH TONIGHT
AS WELL AS ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES
LIKE POLICE REFORM, GUN SAFETY,
IMMIGRATION AND ENDING THE