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.

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.
Paying for child care can be a major burden for many families. But federal and state tax credits can help some working parents offset their child care expenses.
Head Start provides high-quality early education to children from low-income families. It has helped millions of children build skills to succeed and millions of parents play a key role in their children’s futures.
Millions of parents across the country work in jobs where low wages, unfair scheduling practices, and minimal benefits make it difficult to meet both work and caregiving responsibilities. And the parents most likely to find themselves in low-wage jobs are women — disproportionately women of color and immigrant women.