Less than half of children from low-income families have access to high-quality early childhood programs that could dramatically improve their opportunities for a better future. Congress and the Administration can help change that.
Every day, working parents and businesses see and feel the impacts of the country’s child care challenges first hand. By investing in a system of early learning and care programs that meet the needs of working families, Congress can strengthen the early learning workforce, expand the supply of quality child care, and drastically lower child care costs for families across the country.
learn moreHigh-quality early learning and care is proven to dramatically improve a child’s opportunities for a better future while offering parents improved job stability and overall economic security. And the need for improved access to quality, affordable child care and pre-K across the country has never been greater. Check out a high-level overview of the various public early learning and care opportunities that exist within each state, including those made possible with federal funding, as well as the unmet need.
Find your StateTwo national polls commissioned by FFYF immediately following the 2022 midterm elections have found that voters and small business owners across the political spectrum overwhelmingly endorse the federal government taking action on child care. What’s more, the poll underscores broad, bipartisan agreement that the national shortage of affordable child care programs is doing significant harm to families’ finances, businesses’ bottom lines, and the U.S. economy broadly.
learn moreWASHINGTON – Today, First Five Years Fund (FFYF) Executive Director Sarah Rittling appeared before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and a coalition of 44 major early education advocacy organizations wrote to Congressional […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) hosted Congressional staff for a bipartisan briefing on the importance of […]
Over the past fifteen years, federal early learning programs have seen steady, significant progress through increased, bipartisan investments from both […]