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National Report Shows Families Spend More on Child Care than Housing in Most States
On Wednesday, Child Care Aware of America released its thirteenth annual report outlining the price of child care across the country. This year’s report also examines the roles that providers, …
Bipartisan “Child Care Protection Improvement Act” Would Further Strengthen Important Safety Standards
Quality child care and early education are critical in shaping the first five years of a child’s life. Federal programs like the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) allow …
Child Trends Report Details States’ Use of Increased Federal Child Care Funding
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program provides federal funds to low-income families to help them afford high-quality child care. In 2014, a bipartisan reauthorization of the CCDBG …
Business Group Utilizes Innovative Federal Grant to Support Child Care in Rural Maine
Access to affordable, high-quality child care is critically important for working families; it offers parents better job stability and economic security and improves the local economy, while helping children develop …
October is Head Start Awareness Month!
This October, FFYF is honoring Head Start Awareness Month — an important opportunity to reflect on and appreciate this critical federal early learning program. Since its founding in 1965, Head …
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Non-Profit Child Care Providers
Last week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Small Business Child Care Investment Act, S.2549, bipartisan legislation that would make non-profit child care …
Application for Next Year’s Preschool Development Grant Funding Now Available
On Friday, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in coordination with the Department of Education, released two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for the next year of funding for the …
Updated Fact Sheets Show Opportunities for States
On Monday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released their 2019 Early Learning Fact Sheets which provide an overview of early learning in each state. As in previous years, CAP’s …
New Resource on Using Apprenticeships to Strengthen the ECE Workforce
This week, the Bipartisan Policy Center published a new issue brief highlighting the potential for states to use registered apprenticeships to support their early childhood education (ECE) workforce. Early learning …
New Data Confirms Importance of Home-Based Care for Infants and Toddlers
This week, Child Trends released new data about the different types of care settings and which are preferred by families with infants and toddlers. Using data from the National Survey …
Head Start Supports Children and Families, Read the Story of One Family from Washington State
As Congress returns from the district work period and continues their efforts to pass legislation to fund the government before the end of September, we know our elected leaders will …
