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Transition Letter: Child Care and Early Learning Priorities for the Incoming Trump Administration
First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and 87 national and state organizations have sent a letter to President-Elect Trump urging his administration to continue supporting the fundamental needs of America’s children, …
Letter to Incoming Administration Urging Expansion of CDCTC
First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and 127 national and state organizations have sent a letter to President Elect-Trump urging his administration to work with Congress and support working families’ access …
Joint Statement: In Support of Tax Relief for Child Care
By enhancing the Child Tax Credit, the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 would help more families afford the everyday expenses of raising children. The …
Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Child Care and Pre-K Caucus Call For Updating Tax Provisions to Help Working Families Find and Afford Child Care
Leaders of the Bipartisan Pre-K and Child Care Caucus sent a letter to the Ways and Means Committee, urging their colleagues to update provisions of the United States tax code …
FFYF, Major Organizations Call for Increased Funding for Child Care Programs in FY24 Appropriations
WASHINGTON – Today, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and a coalition of 44 major early education advocacy organizations wrote to Congressional appropriators calling for increased funding for federal early learning and care …
Bipartisan Group of Senators Sign Letter in Support of Timely MIECHV Reauthorization
This month, a bipartisan group of Senators from the Senate Finance Committee signed a letter in support of a “robust, timely, five-year reauthorization” of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood …
Dear Colleague Letter on Young Children’s Social-Emotional Development and Mental Health
On June 14, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Education (ED) issued a Dear Colleague Letter with recommendations to state, territorial, tribal, and local policymakers …
