Picking Up the Pieces: Building a Better Child Care System Post COVID-19
Child Care Aware® of America released their report on the price of child care - including national and state-by-state information.
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Early Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2019
This annual report by the National Women's Law Center highlights state policies related to child care assistance. The five key areas examined are income eligibility, waiting lists, copayments, payment rates for providers, and eligibility during job searches.
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States’ Use of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Funding Increase
A new brief finds that most states used, or plan to use, increased federal funding for a key early childhood education program—the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)—to raise pay for child care providers, serve more eligible children, and meet reauthorization requirements established in the 2014 reauthorization of the program. Interactive maps of data featured in the report provide a detailed look at how 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam have used or plan to use this increased federal funding aimed at expanding access to high-quality child care for low-income families.
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Maximizing CCDBG for Infants and Toddlers
The BUILD Initiative's project to organize webinars, blogs, and resources, partnered with Zero to Three and the CLASP.
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Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of Investments in Quality Child Care
In this podcast episode Aaron Sojourner from the University of Minnesota and Matt Wiswall of the University of Wisconsin talk about quality child care and subsidies.
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What if we expanded child care subsidies?
The Urban Institute researched the positive effects of an expanded child care subsidy system, finding that increased access yields long-term benefits.
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Georgia's Boost in Child Care Funding
After Georgia's increased funding in 2018, more families in need were able to access child care. These funds have been focused on increasing access and quality.
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Checking in on the Child Care Landscape - 2019 State Fact Sheets
Chid Care Aware of America provdes this resource as an overview of how states are addressing the child care crisis.
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How 2018 CCDBG funding helped improve the Colorado child care assistance program
This piece gives a summary of Colorado's increased CCDBG funding and it's impact, as well as the need for continued improvement.
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Closing the Gap: How CCR&Rs Can Help Communities Meet Their Child Care Supply and Demand Needs
Report focused on the supply crisis in child care and how CCR&Rs can address it
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Improving Access and Quality: Rhode Island's Child Care Assistance Program
This brief examines the funding Rhode Island received for it's child care program and provides recommendations for further improvement.
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The Missed Opportunity for North Carolina's Youngest Children
This report from the North Carolina Justice Center explains the steps that could have been taken in federal funding to support children in the state.
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State Fact Sheets
NAEYC's America for Early Ed State Fact Sheets focus on key data points for every state regarding early childhood education, including the federal investments that support child care and early learning.
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From the Ground Up: Improving Child Care and Early Learning Facilities
This issue brief by the Bipartisan Policy Center gives examples of different models for addressing the child care crisis, including federal programs.
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Growing Tomorrow's Economy Means Investing in Child Care Today: the economic impacts of insufficient Child Care on working families cost Pennsylvania $2.5 billion anually
Pennsylvania's Early Learning Investment Commission, in partnership with ReadyNation, released a report outlining new research that shows that inadequate infant and child care poses substantial and long-lasting consequences in Pennsylvania.
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Why Does Child Care Cost So Much Yet Providers Make So Little?
Video explaining how the systems in place for child care make costs more expensive for parents, and make teacher wages low.
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North Carolina Should Focus on Early Childhood
Learning in Order to Raise Achievement in
Predominantly Disadvantaged School Districts
A report by the Joint Legislative
Program Evaluation Oversight Committee in North Carolina about the importance of early childhood education for learning achievement.
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TANF and Early Childhood
Bipartisan Policy Center summaries include state-by-state information related to TANF spending on Early Childhood and Education programs.
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Creating an Integrated Efficient Early Care and Education System to Support Children and Families: A State-by-State Analysis
Bipartisan Policy Center summaries include state-by-state information related to Early Childhood and Education Administration structures and features a map.
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State by State Resources for Families
Includes information such as finding child care assitance, CCDBG-related information like inspection reports and background checks, and child care state facts.
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Inequitable Access to Child Care Subsidies
This brief reports families and children's access to child care by state, race, and ethnicity. CLASP reports on the differences in race and ethnicity found in the data.
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From Opportunity to Change: State Experiences Implementing CCDBG
Report on states' implementation of CCDBG, as well as three state profiles for Louisiana, California, and Alabama.
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States Use New Child Care and Development Block Grant Funds to Help Children and Families
This report examines how different states are impementing newly increased funding for CCDBG, and addresses the need for further funding and improvement.
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Building a Qualified and Supported Early Care and Education Workforce
Report by the National Conference of State Legislatures on the Child Care Development Fund and Early Childhood professionals' low wages.
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America's Child Care Deserts in 2018
Center for American Progress report analyzing the licensed child care supply in the United States. Features an interactive map.
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Understanding the True Cost of Child Care for Infants and Toddlers
Center for American Progress breaks down the true costs of child care, including state-by-state graphics.
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Overdue for Investment: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2018
Report and interactive map that break down child care assistance policies state-by-state.
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Federal Funding for Early Childhood Programs: A Decade of Bipartisan Progress
This report examines the increase in funding over the years for CCDBG, as well as other federal early childhood initatives.
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Early Learning in the United States: 2018
Center for American Progress's 50 state fact sheets highlights early learning trends like number of eligible children being served by CCDBG
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The US and the High Cost of Child Care: 2018
Interactive map of state-by-state child care expenses.
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The US and the High Cost of Child Care: A review of Prices and Proposed Solutions for a Broken System
Report and analysis of state-by-state child care costs, as well as recommendations.
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After the Increase: CCDBG in May 2018
National Association for the Education of Young Children shares background on CCDBG and how this historic increase came to be.
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Parents and Educators Agree: More Funding for Child Care
Video of educators and advocates discussing the impacts of CCDBG and lack of child care access on their communities.
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CCDF State Plans
State-by-state breakdown of the current systems to support child care funding across the country.
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An Agenda for the States
A guide to what states and communities can do to respond to the needs of children and families in early childhood education.
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