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Xavier Becerra Nominated to be HHS Secretary, Would Oversee Critical Early Learning & Care Programs
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden announced California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee to be Health and Human Services Secretary. Once confirmed, Becerra will lead the federal agency that …
Senate FY2021 Funding Bill Includes Increases to Federal Early Learning Programs
Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its FY2021 funding bills, a 12-bill package to fund the federal government beyond December 11, 2020, when government funding under the most recent Continuing …
House Passes COVID-19 Recovery Package with $57 Billion for Child Care Relief
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 …
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution, Keeping Government Funded into December
Today, the Senate passed a bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded until Friday, December 11, 2020. The House voted last week to approve the measure after …
House Passes Short-Term Government Funding Bill
Yesterday, the House passed a bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) struck a deal to keep the government funded at …
Senate Recovery Package Includes $15 Billion in Child Care Relief Funding; Significantly More Will Be Required to Prevent the Industry from Collapse
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the details of Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act, which includes $15 billion in emergency funding for the …
Sens. Ernst and Loeffler Call for $25 Billion in Child Care Relief Funding
WASHINGTON – Tonight, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) offered a resolution in the Senate calling for the next COVID-19 relief package to include $25 billion in …
Lawmakers Seek to Save Child Care Industry through Dedicated Federal Relief
Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) and dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have written a letter urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to provide additional …
Letter to Congress Requesting Dedicated Relief for Child Care in COVID-19 Recovery Package
This week, FFYF and a group of the nation’s leading early childhood, business, and community advocacy organizations wrote to Congress urging lawmakers to include dedicated relief for child care in …
Nation’s Leading Child Care Advocacy Organizations Call for More Child Care Relief in Follow-Up to CARES Act
WASHINGTON – Today, the First Five Years Fund and a dozen of the nation’s leading child advocacy organizations are calling on Congress to provide additional relief for the thousands of …
FFYF & National Organizations Call for Additional COVID-19 Relief for Child Care Industry
April 8, 2020 The Honorable Nancy PelosiU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnellU.S. SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthyU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable …
