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Comparing Early Learning and Care Provisions in the House, Senate, and Final FY21 Budget Reconciliation Packages

March 10, 2021

Recognizing the essential role of child care — its proven benefits to a child’s learning and healthy development and its support of America’s labor market and economy by allowing parents …

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Child Care and Early Learning in the Senate Version of the American Rescue Plan

March 6, 2021

On Saturday morning, the Senate voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a sweeping pandemic relief package with $39 billion in child care relief funding, including $15 billion for the …

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FFYF Releases Early Learning and Care ‘Blueprint’ for Biden Administration, New Congress

February 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF), the nation’s leading federal advocacy organization working to ensure all children have access to high-quality child care and early education, …

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FFYF’s Blueprint for Progress

February 8, 2021

Across the political spectrum, voters and policymakers recognize the importance of investing in policy solutions that support healthy development in children, beginning at birth, while allowing working parents to pursue …

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Early Learning and Care in Final COVID Relief Legislation

January 28, 2021

Recognizing the essential role of child care — its proven benefits to a child’s learning and healthy development and its support of America’s labor market and economy by allowing parents …

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House Passes COVID-19 Recovery Package with $57 Billion for Child Care Relief

October 1, 2020

Legislation underscores broad recognition among federal lawmakers that the American economy will not recover without a stable child care system to support working parents WASHINGTON —  The U.S. House passed …

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Biden Campaign Releases Child Care Proposal as COVID-19 Pushes Industry to the Brink of Collapse

July 21, 2020

Early Learning and Care Remains Top Priority in Presidential Race WASHINGTON – Today, former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, unveiled his proposal to invest in …

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Voters Overwhelmingly See Child Care Relief as Indispensable to America’s Economic Recovery

July 21, 2020

WASHINGTON—The results of a new bipartisan poll commissioned by the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and Center for American Progress (CAP) show overwhelming demand among voters across the country for …

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Child Care & COVID-19: Emergency Relief Funding to States for Education

April 17, 2020

The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, adds $30.75 billion in emergency aid to the Education Stabilization Fund to help early learning, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions …

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Bipartisan Early Educators Apprenticeship Act Introduced in Senate

March 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Senator Shelley Moore Capito introduced bipartisan legislation which would establish a three-year grant through the Workforce Innovation …

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FFYF Unveils Plans to Advance Early Learning in 2020 Election

February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation’s leading bipartisan advocacy organization working to ensure all children have access to high-quality child care and early education, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) …

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Bank Street Education Center Hosts National Strategy Discussion on Early Childhood Educators

January 28, 2020

On Monday, the Bank Street Education Center (Bank Street) hosted an event to discuss their new research and new national vision to invest in the early learning workforce. The event …

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