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2020 National Poll: Press Release
New National Poll: Voters Now View Child Care as an Essential Service Like Healthcare and Education The Coronavirus pandemic has opened voters’ eyes to the importance of child care for …
Senate’s “Skinny” COVID-19 Package Includes $15 Billion for Child Care from HEALS Act
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a paired-down economic relief package, which includes $15 billion in emergency funding for the child care industry. While not enough …
Bill to Support Child Care Providers, Working Families Introduced in the House
WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced the bipartisan Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020, which would provide dedicated federal funding to stabilize the child …
Senate Recovery Package Includes $15 Billion in Child Care Relief Funding; Significantly More Will Be Required to Prevent the Industry from Collapse
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the details of Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act, which includes $15 billion in emergency funding for the …
Biden Campaign Releases Child Care Proposal as COVID-19 Pushes Industry to the Brink of Collapse
Early Learning and Care Remains Top Priority in Presidential Race WASHINGTON – Today, former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, unveiled his proposal to invest in …
Voters Overwhelmingly See Child Care Relief as Indispensable to America’s Economic Recovery
WASHINGTON—The results of a new bipartisan poll commissioned by the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and Center for American Progress (CAP) show overwhelming demand among voters across the country for …
NEW: 41 Republican House Members Call for Additional Relief for Child Care Providers
WASHINGTON – Today, 41 Republican lawmakers in the House sent a letter to Congressional leaders calling for dedicated federal relief for child care providers and businesses to stabilize an industry …
Sens. Ernst, Alexander Unveil Bill to Support Child Care Providers, Working Families Amid COVID-19 Crisis
UPDATE: The Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020 was officially introduced in the Senate on July 21, 2020. In addition to Sen. Ernst, the bill had 9 …
Sens. Ernst and Loeffler Call for $25 Billion in Child Care Relief Funding
WASHINGTON – Tonight, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) offered a resolution in the Senate calling for the next COVID-19 relief package to include $25 billion in …
NEW NATIONAL CAMPAIGN: Child Care Relief Aims to Stabilize and Rebuild America’s Child Care System
Stakeholders from across the economy join forces to secure critical relief from Congress that will stabilize and strengthen America’s child care industry through the economic recovery and beyond WASHINGTON—Today, a …
Nation’s Leading Child Care Advocacy Organizations Call for More Child Care Relief in Follow-Up to CARES Act
WASHINGTON – Today, the First Five Years Fund and a dozen of the nation’s leading child advocacy organizations are calling on Congress to provide additional relief for the thousands of …
BREAKING: Congress Includes Crucial Relief for Child Care Industry in COVID-19 Stimulus Package
Nearly a third of all child care providers say they would not survive a closure of more than two weeks UPDATE: On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and …
