The United States is long overdue in embracing policies that would make it easier for working families to both do their jobs and care for their families. In his first speech to Congress, President Trump expressed his desire to make child care affordable and ensure…
From 2006 to 2015, over 373,000 children have lost assistance. This fact sheet explores trends among the child care providers receiving CCDBG funds and implications for the families served by this program.
Recently released participation data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirm a continued downward trend in children served by CCDBG.
This article cites a CLASP report about the impact on children receiving child care subsidized by the federal block grant. This article also ran in multiple media outlets across California.
A companion to Disparate Access, this report elaborates on the low level of access Latino children and their parents have to child care assistance through the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
CLASP issued this statement on the inadequacies of federal funding included in the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution for the needs of poor, low-income people.
With about 50 hours to go until the start of FY17 and members of Congress eager to return home to campaign, the U.S. House and Senate passed a “Continuing Resolution” (CR) that will keep the federal government funded until December 9, 2016.
"Louisiana is on par with national trends in how it spends its federal block-grant money, CLASP found. In 2014, total spending on child care assistance nationally fell to $11.3 billion, the lowest level since 2002, as 29 states decreased spending."
The Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released final regulations implementing the 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).