Child Care & Early Learning Workforce

Child care providers—overwhelmingly women and predominantly immigrant women of color—are the backbone of our economy.

These workers prepare the next generation for adulthood and enable parents to stay in the workforce, but are often paid shockingly little and work under poor conditions. Everyone deserves access to fair pay and safe working conditions. We can improve the lives of workers and the care children receive by making sure the child care and early learning workforce are treated with the respect and pay—they deserve.

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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

National Child Care Organizations Letter to Speaker Pelosi in Response to Significant Underfunding of Child Care in HEROES Act

Technical Appendix: Child Care is Key to Our Economic Recovery: What it will take to stabilize the system during this crisis

NWLC Submits Comment in Response to Administration’s Request for Information on Improving Access to Affordable, High-Quality Child Care

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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

Child Care in Crisis: Stories from the Field

Women on the Front Lines: Tracking Women’s Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

The National Child Care and Early Learning Coalition says: Black Lives Matter.

National Child Care Organizations Letter to Speaker Pelosi in Response to Significant Underfunding of Child Care in HEROES Act

Women Make Up the Majority of Front Line Workers of the COVID-19 Crisis

Child Care’s Struggle to Survive COVID-19: State Impacts and Responses

National Child Care and Early Learning Organizations Recommendations for Next Congressional Relief Package

Considerations for Child Care Providers & Workers Navigating Financial Support Options During the COVID-19 Crisis

Five Reasons Stabilizing Child Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Critically Important for Families and the Economy

Technical Appendix: Child Care is Key to Our Economic Recovery: What it will take to stabilize the system during this crisis

Child Care is Key to Our Economic Recovery: What it will take to stabilize the system during this crisis

Full Brief: Child Care is Key to Our Economic Recovery: What it will take to stabilize the system during this crisis

Improving and Expanding Child Care Assistance to Stabilize Our Economy

Ensuring Home-Based Child Care Providers Can Access New and Expanded Federal Benefits

Child Care Coalition with Nearly 500 Organizations Requests At Least $50 Billion for Child Care

Supporting Home-Based Child Care Providers During the Coronavirus Crisis

Paid Leave in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act: How Child Care Providers Are Left Behind

NWLC Reacts to Senate Passage of Second Coronavirus Stimulus

Child Care and Early Learning State Guidance Considerations on COVID-19

Child Care and Early Learning COVID-19 Stimulus Request

NWLC Submits Comment in Response to Administration’s Request for Information on Improving Access to Affordable, High-Quality Child Care

Principles for Child Care: A Vision for Investing in High-Quality, Affordable Child Care