Expanded federal funding for child care ended Oct. 1, and in many cases, extended families, including grandparents, will shoulder the burden. With the Oct. 1, 2023, cutoff of the American Rescue Plan funding that stabilized the child care sector in 2021—what has been deemed “the child care cliff”—even more families are now likely to turn to grandparents, or other family, friends, or neighbors (“FFNs” in child care parlance) for child care. The care grandparents and other FFNs provide enables millions of earners to power the economic engine of our economy. Some states choose to use federal child care funds to compensate grandparents and other relative caregivers; New York’s Child Care Assistance Program subsidizes legally exempt home-based caregivers, including grandparents. New Mexico’s recent early childhood education constitutional amendment paves the way for families of all backgrounds to afford child care, including care provided by grandparents or other FFNs.