Child care assistance helps low-income working families succeed and afford quality child care that fosters the well-being and healthy development of their children. Yet the President’s 2007 budget proposal would freeze discretionary child care funding for the fifth consecutive year. At the same time, the Administration is projecting substantial cuts in future years; analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that the budget proposal calls for cuts in discretionary child care funding totaling $1 billion over the next five years as compared to the fiscal year 2006 funding levels adjusted for inflation.