Campus child care made it possible for this young parent to graduate college. Now Trump wants to ax the program.
“A few weeks into classes, Ivy learned about the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS), a federal program that assists low-income college students with child-care costs. She signed up immediately, and in a matter of days her children were enrolled in an accredited child-care center near her home. ‘If you don’t have a place you can take your kids, you can’t go to school,’ said Ivy, 27, who is set to graduate on May 20 with an associate degree in office information systems. ‘You can’t take your children with you and have them sit in the hallway while you’re in class. You really have to have somewhere safe where they can go. And this program provided that.’”