This factsheet explores the nutrition provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Families First includes several important provisions that will help parents and caregivers keep food on the table during this crisis,
As families and communities grapple with the COVID-19 crisis, child care should be a front-and-center issue. Federal and state policymakers must move swiftly to respond to the growing child care crisis using the following health care principles.
CLASP and several national partners sent this letter to the Director of the Office of Child Care in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting immediate and clear guidance to state Child Care and Development Fund administrators and lead agencies regarding policy choices…
ALBUQUERQUE—According to a new report, more investment in home visiting, child care assistance, cash assistance, and minimum wage enforcement would significantly improve New Mexico families’ stability and economic outlook. The report, “New Mexico’s Infant Toddler Agenda,” was authored by the New Mexico Center on Law…
Access to affordable, stable, and high quality child care and housing and are essential to families’ economic stability, parents’ ability to work, and children’s healthy development. But due to inadequate funding, just 1 in 6 children eligible for child care assistance — and 1 in…
Despite recent investments, CCDBG is still serving only a small fraction of eligible children whose parents would be able to consistently go to work or school if they had access to the program’s child care assistance. That’s why CCDBG funding should be increased by $5 billion in fiscal…