New York City is rolling out a $100 million initiative aimed at improving access to high-quality child care in the five boroughs, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. 

The nonprofit group Robin Hood, which helps fight poverty, will contribute $50 million to the city’s new “Childcare Quality and Innovation Initiative,” Adams said in a press release Tuesday morning. 

An additional $50 million will come from state and federal grants within the next four years, the release said. 

“Investing in childcare is a down payment on progress and the future of our kids,” Adams said in a statement. “We need to get New Yorkers back to work and lower the cost of childcare — both of which will uplift families and remove the obstacles that are holding too many parents back.” 

The initiative falls under the umbrella of a child care plan Adams is set to unveil within the next few weeks, his administration said in the release.  

It will not only focus on making child care more affordable and accessible — especially in the city’s “child care deserts” — but will also work to improve the “quality of care” children receive, the release said.

Fifty-two percent of families in the five boroughs with children under the age of four are unable to pay for child care currently, according to the release. 

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, meanwhile, “one in four parents have had to turn down a job, change jobs, or take leave due to child care needs,” the release noted. 

“Investing in New York City’s child care system will help reduce poverty, improve family economic stability, ensure healthy child development and increase the ability of parents and caregivers — especially women — to work and earn more,” the release said.