2025 FFYF Federal Guide to Early Learning and Care Programs
The 119th Congress has the opportunity to invest in America’s children, working families, and the economy through high-quality child care and early childhood education.
This resource book is an introduction to the foundational early learning and child care programs that originate at the federal level and are funded by Congress. It works alongside Child Care and the Federal Tax Code, which makes it easy to get up to speed on child care-related tax provisions, how they work, and how they could be improved with our new tax resource.
We hope these resources foster an interest in child care and early learning. We welcome further discussion and collaboration amongst both advocates and lawmakers.
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