It is difficult to put into words the losses and hardships experienced by so many over the last year due to COVID-19. Child care has not been immune to its devastating blows and, in fact, we have seen an already broken child care system shatter. However, in March 2021, Congress passed and the president signed into law the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. This package includes $39 billion in dedicated child care relief funding, the largest one-time federal child care investment in U.S. history. This is cause for optimism.