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Child Care & Early Learning Policy Implementation

With significant investments and strong policies, our child care system can work better for children, families, and child care providers—but only if implemented effectively at the federal, state, and local levels.

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Protected: Child Care is Unaffordable in Every State

Why Early Childhood Educators Like Me Deserve More

PRESS RELEASE: NWLC Leads Coalition Urging Congress to Allocate $100 Million for Child Care in Disaster Relief Package

Five Lessons from Illinois’ Investment in the Child Care Workforce

NWLC Applauds Senate Appropriators’ Bipartisan Vote to Increase Child Care & Early Learning Funding for FY2025

Fatima Goss Graves in Senate Finance Hearing: “Billionaires Don’t Need More Tax Cuts, But Families Need Child Care”

ICYMI: White House Cites NWLC Data in New Issue Brief on Impact of Child Care Funding Cliff

NEW: Groundbreaking Report Examines Risks of Private Equity in the Child Care Industry

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2023

Re-Envisioning CCDF: Toward an Anti-Racist Child Care System That Serves Families & Educators

Grandmother and grandchildren at home

What Child Care Advocates Need to Know about the Upcoming Tax Debate

Las narradoras/lideres de Sparking Change le dicen al Congreso lo que las mujeres y las familias realmente necesitan

Sparking Change Storytellers Tell Congress What Women and Families Actually Need

State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2023: Continuing Progress

Mary Poppins and the Fantasy of a Well-Funded Child Care System

States Try to Fill the Gap as Billions in Federal Child Care Funding Expires. But Is It Enough?

Tax Credits Are Not the (Full) Solution to the Child Care Crisis

Improving the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Would Help More Working Families with the High Cost of Child Care

Precarious Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2022

The Child Care Crisis Is Making Kids Go Hungry 

Sparking Change: A Storyteller Initiative

Talking Points: Prioritizing Women and Families over Deficits: It’s Time to Reject Austerity

Child Care Rescue: How States Are Using Their American Rescue Plan Act Child Care Funds

State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2022: Progress on a Long Path