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4/30/2024

READOUT: U.S. Department of the Treasury and White House Host Convening with Community Development Financial…

READOUT: U.S. Department of the Treasury and White House
Host Convening with Community Development Financial
Institutions and Child Care Providers
April 30, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and White House convened a
discussion with owners and operators of small childcare businesses, Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and local and national leaders to discuss best practices for
collaboration between child care providers and CDFIs to improve access to a ordable, highquality child care.
In addition to remarks from Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein and Domestic
Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, the convening featured remarks from Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Community and Economic Development Noel Poyo, who discussed the role of
CDFIs in supporting childcare businesses and fostering community development, as well as
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consumer Policy Suzanna Fritzberg. The convening also
included testimony from childcare providers, shedding light on the challenges and
opportunities faced by owners of small center- and home-based child care businesses, a group
disproportionately composed of women of color. The eventʼs panel discussion among CDFIs
further highlighted opportunities for partnership. Todayʼs convening was held pursuant to
Executive Order 14095, which directed Treasury to provide information to and share industry
best practices with CDFIs to facilitate capital flows and support to care providers. Treasury
has been a leader in the promotion of access to a ordable, high-quality childcare during the
Biden-Harris Administration, including through funding made available through pandemic
recovery programs and the publication of a 2021 report on the economics of childcare.

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