FFYF’s Blueprint for Progress
Across the political spectrum, voters and policymakers recognize the importance of investing in policy solutions that support healthy development in […]
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March 2, 2021 Cody Uhing New Letter Urges Congress to Strengthen Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit
Last week, a group of the nation’s leading child care and child advocacy organizations, including the First Five Years Fund, […]
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March 1, 2021 Cody Uhing NEWS ROUNDUP: Child Care, Early Learning Key Component to Economic Recovery
THE LATEST: COVID-19 PACKAGE WITH $39 BILLION IN CHILD CARE RELIEF PASSES HOUSE IN WEEKEND VOTE: Early Saturday morning, the […]
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March 1, 2021 Cody Uhing During HHS Confirmation Hearings, Becerra Emphasizes Importance of Federal Early Learning and Care Programs
Child care and early learning were in the spotlight during Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra’s recent Senate confirmation […]
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February 28, 2021 Funding for Key Early Learning Programs
Each year, Congress determines funding levels for all of the federal defense and non-defense discretionary programs, including those that support […]
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February 27, 2021 Cody Uhing House Passes American Rescue Plan With $39 Billion in Child Care Relief
WASHINGTON – Early this morning, the House of Representatives voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a sweeping pandemic relief […]
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February 24, 2021 Cody Uhing Bipartisan House Hearing Examines the Pandemic’s Impact on Child Care in America
Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing to […]
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February 19, 2021 Cody Uhing NEWS ROUNDUP: Strong Bipartisan Support for Child Care Relief as Providers, Women Struggle During the Pandemic
BROOKINGS INSTITUTE: Stabilizing child care requires more than emergency COVID-19 relief funds: “For many child-care providers, COVID-19 has led to […]
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February 19, 2021 ABCs of Federal Early Learning and Care Funding Streams
Every year, millions of low-income children from birth through age five benefit from the array of federal early learning and […]
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February 19, 2021 Lauren Mendoza Biden Executive Order to Support the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Early Childhood Education Providers
In January, President Biden issued an executive order (E.O.) to support the safe reopening and continued operation of schools, child […]
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February 16, 2021 Lucy Danley New Report Offers Recommendations for Dismantling Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
A core element of addressing the systemic racism that exists in this country must be reforming the institutions, laws, and […]
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February 12, 2021 Cody Uhing News Update: Early Childhood Education Front and Center in Washington
THE LATEST: FFYF released its Blueprint for Progress, offering Congress and the Biden administration insight into opportunities, big and small, […]
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February 11, 2021 Lauren Mendoza Looking Back at Early Learning Legislation Introduced in the 116th Congress
According to FFYF’s years of national bipartisan polling, voters of every political persuasion say more should be done to ensure […]
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February 11, 2021 Lucy Danley New Pew Study Highlights Child Care Struggles for Working Parents
Working parents have faced a year like no other. The Pew Research Center recently released new data from a survey […]
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February 9, 2021 Amanda Guarino What’s Included for Early Learning & Care in the COVID-19 Relief Package?
Congress is now considering a sweeping pandemic relief package that includes a number of elements designed to support families with […]
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February 8, 2021 Cody Uhing FFYF Releases Early Learning and Care ‘Blueprint’ for Biden Administration, New Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF), the nation’s leading federal advocacy organization working to ensure all […]