claim: "in 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: apr 9, 2014 ... a report last fall by child care aware america, a national organization of child- care resource and referral agencies, found that the annual cost of day care for an  infant exceeds the average cost of in-state tuition and fees at public colleges in  31 states. the biggest gap is in new york, where day care will set ...
evidence_2: sep 2, 2016 ... for the truth-o-meter's sake, we wondered if child care costs exceed college  tuition in some states. in 2014, politifact found mostly true president barack  obama's claim that in 31 states, "decent child care costs more than college tuition ." obama's conclusion was cherry-picked from several results from an ...
evidence_3: nov 28, 2017 ... back in 2014, politifact checked president barack obama's claim that in 31  states “decent” child care cost more than college tuition. back then, obama also  used child care aware of america as a source. we rated his claim as mostly  true. our ruling. abrams is correct if the comparison is between child ...
evidence_4: sep 28, 2016 ... good luck with that. the average cost of full-time daycare for kids up to the age of  4 has reached $9,589 a year, according to a new report from the think tank new  america. that now tops the average cost of in-state college tuition, which runs  about $9,410. that means parents earning the national median ...
evidence_5: jan 22, 2015 ... for many families, it is true: child care costs more than public college in 31 states  and washington d.c. for 63 percent of american families with kids, ... not only  does reliable, affordable child care keep family life from becoming an insufferable  juggle, research suggests investing in child care is good for the ...