Topic: Issues

• Vice President Harris Announces $39 Billion in Child Care Relief Going to States

• Funding for Key Early Learning Programs

• Report Details Long-Term Impact of Child Care Shortages on Parental Workforce Participation

• CCDBG COVID-19 Relief Funding At-a-Glance

• Advocates Call for Increased FY2022 Appropriations for Early Learning and Care Programs

• Underscoring President Biden’s Understanding that Child Care Is Infrastructure, New Proposal Includes Child Care Facilities Funding

• Two Bipartisan Bills to Address Quality, Affordability of Child Care introduced in Congress

• FFYF Hosts Congressional Briefing on Federal ECE Programs Ahead of FY22 Appropriations

• ACF Publishes State Plans for Child Care Funding from December Relief Bill

• Child Care is Infrastructure Act Introduced in House

• New CDC Guidance for Operating Child Care Programs During COVID-19

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

• Child Care and Early Learning in the American Rescue Plan

• Small Business Administration Changes Allow Family Child Care Providers to Apply for the Paycheck Protection Program

• Following Senate Passage, American Rescue Plan with $39 Billion in Child Care Relief Poised to Become Law