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The Cost of Providing High-Quality Early Learning and Care — Worth Every Penny
As understanding about the critical importance of early learning and development has grown, so too have expectations about the quality of care children receive. The overwhelming evidence shows that high-quality …

House Approves Critical Funding Increases for Federal Early Childhood Education Programs, Child Care
UPDATE: On July 31, the House of Representatives voted to pass the FY2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill as part of H.R. 7617, a six-bill …

GOP Leader Signals Support for Federal Child Care Relief
America needs child care relief to keep the industry afloat during the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The disastrous economic crisis has hit the child care industry especially …

Overwhelming Support in Congress Urging Appropriators to Prioritize Early Learning and Care Funding
The appropriations process is an important time for legislators to determine their priorities for the next fiscal year. Congress uses this process to allocate funding for federal programs, activities and …

Without Child Care, the Economy Does Not Recover
America needs child care relief to keep the industry afloat during the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The disastrous economic crisis has hit the child care industry especially …

House Appropriations and Ways & Means Democrats Introduce Child Care Recovery Legislation
Yesterday, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Congresswoman …

Congresswoman Katherine Clark introduces bill to revitalize child care industry
Last week, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) introduced the ‘Child Care is Infrastructure Act’ to reinvigorate the child care industry which has been devastated by the economic downturn caused by the …

Bipartisan Congressional Hearing Highlights Pandemic’s Devastating Impact on Child Care
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, chaired by Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), held a bipartisan hearing on the “Child Care Crisis and the Coronavirus …

Working Families are Losing Access to Child Care as Providers Struggle to Stay Open
America needs child care relief to keep the industry afloat during the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The disastrous economic crisis has hit the child care industry especially …

Celebrating ‘Children’s Week’ with the National Children’s Campaign
This week, the National Children’s Campaign (NCC) has been hosting a national Children’s Week from June 14th through June 19th to raise awareness about the issues impacting children across the …

Report: Communities of Color Among Most Disadvantaged in the U.S
Save the Children recently released the first ever analysis and ranking of how each county in America protects and provides for its children. The report revealed that the most disadvantaged …

ZERO TO THREE releases ‘The State of Babies Yearbook: 2020’
Today, ZERO TO THREE released their annual ‘State of Babies Yearbook’, which examines policies and compares national and state-by-state data on the well-being of infants and toddlers. Specifically, the Yearbook …