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Federal Child C.A.R.E Coalition

The Federal Child Care Advocacy for Resources in Early Learning Coalition brings together a broad and diverse range of organizations, sectors, and networks to maximize individual capacity and impact.

This collaboration provides a way groups can strategically work together to secure big gains for early learning and child care at the federal level while also addressing the tremendous challenges facing families today.

Our collective focus is on strong federal investment and smart policies that protect, prioritize, and build accessible, affordable, high-quality care. Our goals are to support a qualified workforce, strengthen current child care and early learning programs, and improve access and affordability for families.

This work is bipartisan. Together, we look to maintain broad support and curb efforts to politicize this issue in order to preserve and expand upon hard fought success.

Please contact Coalition and Campaign Director, Joe O’Hern, with any questions.

TOOLKIT: FY27 Appropriations

MArch 11, 2026

The tools you need to speak up for federal child care and early learning during the FY27 appropriations season.

How to Have a Great Hill Meeting

December 16, 2025

In-person visits from constituents are one of the most powerful ways to engage with Members of Congress. Here are a few ways to get the most out of your meetings.

POLLING: Rural Voters on Child Care and Head Start

September 29, 2025

In a new poll from First Five Years Fund, Rural Americans say money is tight, and child care is a significant part of that burden.

What It Does: Child Care Tax Relief in Reconciliation Bill

July 28, 2025

A breakdown of the child care tax credits included in the reconciliation bill.

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