MCCA In the News: CCAP Funding Freeze
January 2026MCCA has been an in-demand resource as the media continues to cover the federal child care funding freeze to Minnesota. Check out the articles below that featured interviews and quotes from MCCA members:
- MPR News - Minnesota child care aid freeze amid fraud probe leaves centers, parents confused
- CNN - Federal payment freeze puts some Minnesota families in danger of losing child care amid investigation into alleged fraud
- National News Desk - Will legitimate Minnesota child care centers be hurt by fraud-fighting funding freeze?
- Fox 9 - Minnesota child care funding freeze: Impact on child care centers
- MPR News - A look at how Minnesota child care centers receive federal funding
- The New York Times - Minnesota families are rattled by threat to cut federal aid for child care
- The Washington Post - Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video
- KSTP/ABC5 - Minnesota's child care funds on ice over fraud fears; 30,000 families caught in the balance