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Bipartisan Group of Senators Sign Letter in Support of Timely MIECHV Reauthorization
This month, a bipartisan group of Senators from the Senate Finance Committee signed a letter in support of a “robust, timely, five-year reauthorization” of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood …
FFYF Statement on Exclusion of Child Care Funding from Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON – FFYF Executive Director Sarah Rittling issued the following statement upon Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: “With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, America is still …
FFYF’s 2022 Child Care & Early Learning State Fact Sheets
Our analysis of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. shows that the existing patchwork of federal and state early learning and care programs only reaches a fraction of income-eligible families. Federal …
50-State Analysis Shows Impact of Insufficient Child Care Funding
WASHINGTON – As Senate Democrats advance a reconciliation package that has been stripped of any funding for child care, new analysis of all 50 states from First Five Years Fund (FFYF) shows …
Senate Releases Proposed FY2023 Funding Levels for ECE Programs
Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its proposed FY2023 funding bills. The appropriations package includes funding legislation from the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related …
After Elimination from Reconciliation, Congress Can’t Continue Ignoring Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON — After the House passed budget reconciliation legislation that included nearly $400 billion in funding for child care and pre-K — among the largest proposed investments in the package …
House Budget Committee Hearing Highlights the Impact of Investing in Early Childhood
Last week, the House Budget Committee held a hearing to examine the impact of investing in children during their earliest years and long-term benefits of these investments for families and …
ACF Encourages States to Utilize Federal Funds to Support the ECE Workforce
Since the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued a Dear Colleague guidance letter last fall urging states, communities, and local programs to use relief funds to address the early …
Lawmakers Cannot Abandon Working Families and Their Promises to Solve Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON – Women, working families, and America’s youngest learners are set to be cast aside entirely as Senate Democrats move forward with a budget reconciliation framework which has purged all funding …
JOINT STATEMENT: Senate Must Make Good on Promise to Solve Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON – In response to movement on a reconciliation package framework that excludes any funding for child care and early learning, 26 prominent national organizations issued the following statement calling …
Parents, Providers, Major Orgs Sound the Alarm: Congress Cannot Leave Child Care Behind
Major organizations, parents, and providers alike are sounding the alarm yet again; this week, FFYF joined NAEYC and nearly 100 national organizations in calling on Congress to ensure any reconciliation package includes critical …
