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For many parents, paying for high-quality child care is a major struggle. But with help, women can get the care they need to keep working ― and children can get a strong start toward success.

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At the Crossroads: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2021

Tax the Patriarchy

Gender and the Tax Code

Young women worried about bills and debr stacking up. Unable to pay credit cards and loans

Resilient But Not Recovered: After Two Years of the COVID-19 Crisis, Women Are Still Struggling

Making Care Less Taxing: State and Dependent Care Tax Provisions, Tax Year 2021

Transformative Public Investments in Child Care and Pre-Kindergarten Will Dramatically Cut Costs for Families

Emergency Response: Changes in State Child Care Assistance Policies During the Pandemic

Claim Your Money: The Child and Dependent Care Credit in 2021

Child Care Needs at Least $450 billion in Direct Spending to Reach an Equitable Recovery

On the Precipice: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2020

NWLC Applauds the American Families Plan

NWLC Applauds Introduction of The Child Care for Working Families Act

The American Rescue Plan of 2021 Will Help Women and Families

A lifetime worth of benefits report cover

A Lifetime’s Worth of Benefits: The Effects of Affordable, High-Quality Child Care on Family Income, the Gender Earnings Gap, and Women’s Retirement Security

The Child and Dependent Care Credit Helps Working Families with the High Cost of Child Care

Testimony, The American Rescue Plan: Shots in Arms and Money in Pockets

Sustaining Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care During and After COVID-19: Survey Findings

How the American Rescue Plan Provides Critical Relief to Women and Families

Child Care Recovery Letter to the Administration

100 Days 100 Wins

100 Wins, 100 Days: Decisive Actions to Advance Gender Justice

Child Care and Early Learning: Addressing the Urgent Crisis

The Care Minimum: The Case for Raising the Minimum Wage and Investing in Child Care Together

Providing Fiscal Relief to States in Response to COVID-19

Child Care’s Struggle to Survive COVID-19: State Impacts and Responses (July Update)

Coalition of Over 50 National Organizations Urge Congress to Provide at least $50 billion in Stabilization Funding to the Child Care Sector in Next COVID-19 Relief Package