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Letter Urges Congress to Strengthen Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit
Last week, a group of the nation’s leading child care and child advocacy organizations, including the First Five Years Fund, penned a letter to Congressional leaders urging support for the …
During HHS Confirmation Hearings, Becerra Emphasizes Importance of Federal Early Learning and Care Programs
Child care and early learning were in the spotlight during Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra’s recent Senate confirmation hearings. During his opening remarks to the Senate Health, Education, …
Bipartisan House Hearing Examines the Pandemic’s Impact on Child Care in America
Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing to examine the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating impact on the nation’s child …
ABCs of Federal Early Learning and Care Funding Streams
Every year, millions of low-income children from birth through age five benefit from the array of federal early learning and care programs. Each is governed by specific legislative and regulatory …
New Report Offers Recommendations for Dismantling Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
A core element of addressing the systemic racism that exists in this country must be reforming the institutions, laws, and policies that disproportionately disadvantage people of color, and also creating …
New Pew Study Highlights Child Care Struggles for Working Parents
Working parents have faced a year like no other. The Pew Research Center recently released new data from a survey of working parents that reflects that many working parents have …
What’s Included for Early Learning & Care in the COVID-19 Relief Package?
Congress is now considering a sweeping pandemic relief package that includes a number of elements designed to support families with young children and the early childhood programs they rely on. …
FFYF’s Blueprint for Progress
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 …
Title I Funding Can Play a Critical Role in Supporting Early Learning
During his campaign, President Biden announced he would triple Title I funding, which, in addition to his broader proposal to expand access to high-quality child care and early childhood education …
2021 Policy Poll: Social Media Graphics
There is overwhelming bipartisan support among voters nationally and in key electoral swing states for a wide range of federal early learning and care policy proposals that already have the …
