At Child Care Aware® of America, we have seen child care become front page news. We have spoken with families, like the Aronoffs, struggling to access child care as providers close their doors....
What It Will Take to Transform Child Care in 2021
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Resolve to Be Ready in 2021
The new year is a great time to reassess and ramp up your child care program’s emergency preparedness plans. Ready.gov encourages families to Resolve to Be Ready and we would like to help child care&n...
Review of State Policies: COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Plans
Editor's Note: This blog post was originally PUBLISH December 18, 2020 but has since been updated with updated information. For the most up-to-date information about states' vaccine plans, please visit this page. On December 11, 2020, the FDA grant...
Child Care is Essential for Economic Recovery
Giving Compass By Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D. When COVID-19 was layered onto the already fragile child care system, it shattered. Many providers remain closed or are in danger of closing, parents are struggling to find child care arrangements that will allow ...
Bringing Business to the Table for Early Childhood Education in Nebraska
Takeaways: First Five Nebraska is sparking the early childhood conversation among business leaders through research, policy change and strategic engagement. First Five Nebraska’s study, “The Bottom Line,” shows gaps in child care costs Nebraska nea...
CCAoA Statement on Nomination of Miguel Cardona to Serve as Secretary of Education
Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Connecticut Commissioner of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D., CEO of Child Care Aware® of America—the nation’s leading voice for...
What Working Parents Need Above All Else Right Now, According to 6 Experts
Fatherly So what do working parents really need? We rounded up six experts all of whom have different expertise about the needs of working parents, and asked each of them just that. Answers ranged from far-reaching policy changes to simple respites from t...
Lessons from the Pandemic: Child Care for Essential Workers
Takeaways: Adventist HealthCare’s investments were a direct result of what they heard from employees Partnering with organizations, such as The Lourie Center and KinderCare, allowed Adventist HealthCare to move quickly and rely on the expertise of tho...
CCAoA Statement on Federal COVID-19 Relief and FY21 Funding
This week, Congress officially approved both federal funding for the remainder of FY2021 and COVID-19 relief, providing support to child care and other early learning programs. Funding for FY21 included: $5.911 billion for the Chi...
Employer Child Care Assistance Now and Looking Ahead
Child care is not only crucial for the development of young children, but also essential for the millions of working parents with young children. Parents rely on child care to help them enter, re-enter or remain in the workforce, but access to affordable...
