A Story Of Momentum: The Achievements Fueling Our Work in 2025

2025 is officially here! And we are ready to get to work for families and our nation’s youngest learners.

Before diving into the exciting work ahead, we want to take a moment to celebrate the achievements of the past year and acknowledge the dedication of child care and early learning advocates, as well as the lawmakers who championed these efforts across the nation.

Together, we made significant strides toward making child care more accessible and affordable for families across the country. These successes will provide the momentum we need to tackle the work ahead.

With your support, we’re ready to explore new solutions, advocate for bold policies, and continue making child care and early learning top priorities at every level.

Here’s a closer look at all we accomplished together in 2024!

• 57 House members were part of the Bipartisan Child Care and Pre-K Caucus.
• 272 Republican, Democratic, and Independent Members of Congress signed 6 FY 25 Appropriations letters supporting investment in child care and early learning.
• 117 early learning and care bills were introduced, including 73 bipartisan pieces of legislation

March 2024: FY 24 Approps

• The bipartisan spending package for FY24 contained $1 BILLION in increased funding for child care and early learning.

August 2024: FY 25 Approps

• Senate Appropriators proposed a $2.3 BILLION INCREASE in funding for child care and early learning for FY25

December 2024: End of Year Package

• Congress included $500 MILLION for child care in the year-end continuing resolution and disaster relief bill

Forward momentum on the hill was driven by work from advocates, experts, the media, and other elected officials, including:

• 32 governors focused on child care and early learning in their annual state of the state addresses
• 417 organizations and businesses signed letters of support urging Congress to modernize child care federal tax provisions
• 78 national organizations joined together as part of the Federal Child C.A.R.E. Coalition
• 89% of voters said they wanted candidates to have a plan to help working families afford quality child care.

We look forward to continuing to work with lawmakers across the political spectrum this year to support young learners, their families, and providers.