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Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
The 19th As Senate Democrats hammer out the final details of a $3.5 trillion package this week that is expected to include many of President Joe Biden’s proposals aimed at helping women and families, advocates for additional investments in child ...
“I can breathe a little bit more.” Millions to receive child tax credit payments
Reuters Those are some of the ways about 39 million U.S. households could benefit once they start receiving monthly federal checks Thursday as part of a massive expansion of the child tax credit. The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia Univers...
Recalls for Sleep Products – What You can Do to Ensure Safe Sleep for Babies
Infant sleep can be one of the hardest things a parent, provider or another caregiver must handle when caring for a baby. However, not all sleep places are created equal; in fact, some can be downright deadly. (more…)...
PBS NewsHour Series on Child Care Features CCAoA CEO
PBS NewsHour is airing a five-part series, entitled Raising the Future: America's child care dilemma, from July 12-16 that provides an in-depth look at the state of child care across the country. Child Care Aware® of America CEO Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D.,...
The market controls child care costs in the U.S. Can that be changed?
PBS NewsHour During the pandemic, the federal government spent more than $50 billion to shore up the child care industry. But advocates say cost and access are still big hurdles. Over the past several months, special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Ka...
Child Care Capacity Building — a Human Centered Design Approach
We are all lifelong learners. Granted, for some of us, the pursuit of learning is an inherent strength. For others, it can be a challenge, a heavier lift, but our changing world demands it of us. So for folks like me, where it most certainly is no...
StoryCorps Interview: Founders of a Bilingual Child Care Center
StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to record, preserve and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds, and Child Care Aware® of America recently partnered on a project to interview child care providers. The provide...
5 Signs You’re Financially Ready to Have a Baby
U.S. News & World Report Child care will likely be a family's biggest expense during the first three to four years of their child's life. "It is unfortunate how much families have to consider this in their family planning. It should be a situati...
Congressional Child Care Champions Release Bold Legislative Proposals
The past year showed just how essential child care is to the country and our economy. As the world reopens and parents return to work, policymakers are realizing that it is not sufficient to restore the child care sector to where it w...
