Jane Fillion
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For Moms Everywhere: Congress Should Invest in Child Care Before the Next Mother’s Day
Over the past two years, the pandemic has altered the landscape of motherhood, piling on even more new pressures and demands. Chief among those is the nationwide child care crisis: …
Advocates Call for Increased Funding for Early Learning and Care Programs in FY2023 Appropriations
The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and a coalition of national early education advocacy organizations have written to Congressional appropriators with a request for increased funding for the existing federal …
Health care workforce turnover rates 43% higher among women with children under five
A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on turnover rates among health care workers. Turnover rates were 43% higher among women …
Ahead Of Tax Day, Critical Child Care Tax Provision Needs Updating
Tax Day 2022 is Monday, April 18th, and while much attention has been paid to the vitally important Child Tax Credit (CTC) in recent years, there’s another critical provision of …
Walmart’s Child Care Plan Underscores Need for Federal Investment
As Axios reported this morning, Walmart announced that their new corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, will include an onsite child care facility for employees’ children. Walmart’s announcement signals a clear recognition that …
Voter Support for Child Care Rivals Drug Pricing, Climate & Energy in Reconciliation
WASHINGTON — As Congressional Democrats negotiate the contents of a budget reconciliation package, new bipartisan polling shows that likely voters in seven Senate battleground states have a clear, two-pronged message …
White House Releases FY2023 Budget Request to Congress
Today, the White House released details of President Biden’s FY2023 budget request to Congress, which includes funding increases for many of the federal early learning programs that support the care …
Senate Hearing Reinforces Reconciliation Is Essential to Funding Needed for Solving Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on the state of America’s child care crisis, with testimony from policy experts, practitioners, …
Goldman Sachs Report: Congress Should “Address Deficiencies the Child Care Business Model”
A new survey from multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs and its 10,000 Small Businesses Voices initiative has found that lack of access to child care is a primary issue holding …
Bipartisan Pre-K and Child Care Caucus Hosts 2022 Virtual Kick-Off Event
On Wednesday, March 16th, co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-D), Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-D), Congressman Tom Cole (OK-R), and Congressman Rodney …
Congress Passes FY2022 Omnibus Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late last night, the Senate approved an omnibus spending package that included bipartisan funding increases for some of the nation’s vital early learning and care programs. The …
FY2022 Appropriations Omnibus Includes Increases for Existing Early Learning & Care Programs
Congressional leaders have unveiled a bipartisan FY2022 omnibus government spending package, which includes an increase in critical funding for the core federal early learning and care programs. Each year, millions …
