Category: Press Release

• STATEMENT: FFYF Executive Director Sarah Rittling on Senate Markup of FY24 Funding Levels for Child Care and Early Learning Programs

• STATEMENT: First Five Years Fund Executive Director Sarah Rittling on Proposed FY24 Funding Levels for Child Care and Early Learning Programs

• STATEMENT: First Five Years Fund’s Sarah Rittling with Highlights from the Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Child Care

• New 50 State Analysis Shows Impact of Federal Child Care Program 

• FFYF Executive Director Sarah Rittling Testifies Before Key House Committee On Child Care Funding

• FFYF Statement on Child Care in State of the Union

• New BLS Report Finds Price of Child Care “Untenable for All Families” 

• Congress Set to Send Home Visiting Bill Honoring Rep. Walorski to President’s Desk

• Congress Set to Approve Critical Funding Increases for Key Federal Early Childhood Education Programs

• Bipartisan Path Forward For Year-End Package Lies in Early Learning & Child Care

• Ahead of End-Of-Year Deal, Bipartisan Lawmakers & Members-Elect Agree Congress Must Work to Double Funding for CCDBG

• FFYF Names Christy Felling as Director of Communications and Marketing

• U.S. House Passes Key Home Visiting Bill With Resounding Bipartisan Support

• NEW POLLING: Voters, Small Businesses Agree Child Care is an Economic Imperative, Congress Must Act

• New Data Finds Child Care Prices Continue to Rise Ahead of Midterm Elections, Outpacing Inflation & Following Decades-Long Trend of Annual Increases