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Report Highlights

Mixed Delivery Systems Encourage Parent Choice and Strengthen Child Care Programs

June 24, 2021

As policymakers seek to reform and invest in America’s child care and early learning system, a crucial component must be ensuring families are able to choose care options that work …

Data & Analysis

As America Recovers from the Pandemic, Data Shows Child Care Remains a Major Challenge for Working Parents

June 16, 2021

The results of a new Care.com survey reveal that finding and affording quality child care remains a major hurdle for working parents, and the pandemic only made things worse. Key …

Data & Analysis

How and When Federal Child Care Relief Funds Will Be Distributed

June 9, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act provided critical relief to families who rely on child care and to a child care industry that would have collapsed without an infusion of emergency …

In the News

New Legislation with Sweeping Reforms & Investments for Early Learning & Care

June 8, 2021

High-quality child care and early learning programs play a crucial role in supporting children’s healthy development, learning, and school readiness, while also supporting parents’ ability to work, train, or pursue …

Factsheets

Timeline of COVID-19 Relief for the Child Care Industry and Working Families

March 11, 2021

The COVID-19 economic crisis has had a devastating impact on child care providers, causing widespread layoffs and closures nationwide. Significant declines in enrollment paired with steep increases in operating expenses …

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