Earlier this week, Pennsylvania announced allocation plans for more than $303 million in federal funds from the December federal relief act to support child care providers. The funding will be issued beginning April 20, 2021, with $140.7 million to support providers experiencing reduced enrollments, $64.6 million to help providers continue to account for increased costs to operate safely, $87.2 million to support increased, regionalized base payment rates for child care providers participating in subsidized child care, and $3 million to expand the number of child care professionals who can receive pandemic relief awards to an additional 5,000 people. Additional details can be found here.