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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 …
Child Care Sector Needs Immediate Relief to Keep Doors Open Through COVID-19 Crisis – and Through Recovery
If the child care industry collapses, working parents won’t be able to return to work WASHINGTON – Last night, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) was joined by many of …
Bipartisan Early Educators Apprenticeship Act Introduced in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Senator Shelley Moore Capito introduced bipartisan legislation which would establish a three-year grant through the Workforce Innovation …
Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Non-Profit Child Care Providers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) and Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced the bipartisan Small Business Child Care Investment Act. The legislation would allow qualified non-profit child care …
FFYF Unveils Plans to Advance Early Learning in 2020 Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation’s leading bipartisan advocacy organization working to ensure all children have access to high-quality child care and early education, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) …
BREAKING: 26 States Awarded Preschool Development Grant Funding for 2020
Washington, D.C. – The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 20 states have been awarded three-year renewal grants through the Preschool …
Congress Passes FY2020 Funding Bill with More Than $1 Billion Increase for Early Learning and Child Care
On December 19th, Congress passed the FY2020 government spending bills to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. Included in the legislation is over $1 billion in …
Congress Passes Bipartisan Bill to Boost Early STEM Learning Funding
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Building Blocks of STEM Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that instructs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to consider age distribution when …
Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Child Care Tax Incentives Introduced in House and Senate
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan leaders in Congress took an important step today toward making child care more accessible for working families across America. Representatives Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-7) and Jason Smith (R-MO-8), …
FFYF Statement on the President’s FY2020 Budget Proposal
Earlier today, the White House released the president’s FY2020 budget request to Congress, which includes recommendations regarding the suite of federal programs that support the care and education of America’s …
