To advance equity in child care access for families with infants and toddlers, federal and state policymakers must boost funding dedicated to helping them afford it.
"The CLASP report calls for federal and state programs, including Head Start, to collect discipline data on publicly funded centers and track disparities by race and ethnicity."
While CLASP applauds the passage of the FY2023 omnibus spending package with increased investments in key child care and early education programs, it leaves out other crucial investments in programs that also support families with low incomes.
On November 21, as part of the Child Care for Every Family Network’s three-part meeting series, Tiffany Ferrette and Alycia Hardy presented “Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) 101,” an overview of the preeminent federal funding stream for child care assistance—the Child Care and…
On November 8-10, Tiffany Ferrette and Alyssa Fortner presented “Operationalizing Equity: CLASP’s Story” for the 2022 cohort in the Alliance for Early Success Operationalizing Equity, a learning and leadership program.
On October 9, Tiffany Ferrette, Alycia Hardy, and Alyssa Fortner gave a presentation at the National Black Child Development Institute’s 51st Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on the intersection of harsh and exclusionary discipline and data policies in child care and early education programs. The workshop…
For far too long, the lack of funding for the child care sector has led to significant tradeoffs resulting in inequitable policies and limited access for families who need it the most.
On January 12, Alyssa Fortner was a panelist at a session titled “Demanding Equity from the Build Back Better Act” at the Child Care Law Center’s Communications Conference 2022. This topic facilitated important dialog between ECE advocates, communications professionals, and philanthropists on messaging around the…