Today’s economy increasing requires post-secondary credentials for good jobs. President Obama has said every American should have at least one year of postsecondary education and training, leading to a credential. Yet our anti-poverty programs have rules that directly contradict those goals.
California policymakers can realize the promise of the federal child care law with Assembly Bill 2150. The state bill, passed unanimously by the CA Assembly and Senate Policy Education Committee, would support providers and parents and enhance continuity of care.
This brief contains an in-depth analysis of national trends and 50-state data for spending and participation in CCDBG-and TANF-funded child care programs during the federal fiscal year (FY) 2014.
This article quotes Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Jodie Levin-Epstein, along with citing CLASP reports, about the challenges faced by low-income working families in addressing their child care needs.
In an effort to meet requirements of the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act, which was reauthorized in 2014, states are undertaking massive policy changes in their CCDBG programs. This gives them the opportunity to raise questions about the interaction between the new CCDBG…
This brief highlights state-level data by race and ethnicity about differential access to Head Start preschool, Early Head Start (EHS), and Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)-funded child care, analyzed here for the first time.
Senator Casey (D-PA), Representative Crowley (D-NY), and Representative Frankel (D-FL) introduced the Child Care Access to Resources for Early Learning (C.A.R.E.) Act, bicameral legislation to provide high-quality child care to all low-income families (below 200 percent of poverty) with children under age four by 2025.
President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 (FY17) budget proposal continued his call over many years for significant investments in child care and early education.