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Lawmakers Cannot Abandon Working Families and Their Promises to Solve Child Care Crisis
... forcing an avoidable economic crisis onto families and businesses. Child care has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades, and if ... residents, 76% of suburban residents, and 75% of those in small town and rural areas. 73% agree that more available and affordable ...
Impending Child Care Cliff Spells Disaster for Families Just Before 2024 Elections
... relief funding say these grants are what has kept their businesses open.75% of providers say that the end of stabilization grants will ... residents, 76% of suburban residents, and 75% of those in small town and rural areas.73% agree that more available and affordable child ...
Survey of 5,000 Early Educators Shows Federal Investment is Essential to Future of Child Care
... working across all states and settings, including small and large centers, faith-based programs, and family child care homes. ... Short-term federal relief enabled providers to stay in business and navigate the uncertainty of a health and economic crisis, while ...
FFYF Statement on Build Back Better Status
... country are reporting that they’re having to turn down business because they don’t have the staff capacity to care for more ...
House Education and Labor Committee Passes Build Back Better Act Provisions with Historic, Long-Overdue Child Care & Preschool Investments
... successful in keeping many early learning facilities in business through the pandemic and preventing the industry from collapsing ...
With Release of Budget Resolution, Child Care and Preschool Should Remain a Top Priority in Reconciliation Package
... of all sizes are faced with an entirely untenable business model that often translates into near-poverty wages for early ... successful in keeping many early learning facilities in business through the pandemic and preventing the industry from collapsing ...
Understanding the Process: Congress Moves Forward with Budget Reconciliation to Pass Proposals Tied to President’s Build Back Better Agenda
... facing America’s children, families, communities, and businesses. Congress soon began consideration of legislative packages ...
Child Care and Preschool in the Build Back Better Act
... of underinvestment, which create an entirely untenable business model for providers that often translates into near-poverty wages for ... including a developmentally appropriate curriculum, small class sizes, and culturally and linguistically responsive environments ...
FFYF Hosts Congressional Briefing on Our Current Child Care Crisis
... early learning and care experts, child care providers, and business leaders who spoke firsthand about the long-term challenges and ... of the families they served, the subsidies only covered a small portion of their child care costs. Aaron Merchen, Director of Early ...
By Addressing Early Childhood Educator Retention Challenges, Outcomes for Children Are Also Improved
... of children’s experiences and learning.WAGE$ sustained small early care and education businesses which struggle with paying higher salaries without raising parent ...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Greater Support and Investments for Child Care to Spur Economic Recovery
... launched advocacy efforts calling on advocates and business leaders to contact their elected officials to “help reduce child ... Biden administration insight into opportunities, big and small, to support early learning and care programs for children from birth ...
White House’s FY2022 Budget Details President Biden’s Plans for Strengthening America’s Child Care & Early Learning System
... care facilities and would also expand a tax credit for businesses to build child care at places of work. The American Families Plan ... Biden administration insight into opportunities, big and small, to support early learning and care programs for children from birth ...
