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The Children’s Agenda: What a Harris-Walz Administration Could Mean For Families

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On the Other Side of the Child Care Cliff, Over 1,000 Providers Stage One-Day Strike for A Day Without Child Care

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Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff

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Au Pairs Are Supposed to be Cultural Exchange Visitors. In Reality, They Provide Child Care for $4.35 an Hour

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WIC Faces Cuts if Congress Reneges on 25-Year-Long Bipartisan Commitment

Bryce Covert

‘Gold Standard’ Study Finds High-Quality Care Is Important in Infancy

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Nearly Half of American Families Struggle to Afford Diapers

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Colorado Pilot Gives Home Child Care Providers Cash Payments with No Strings Attached

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Think Child Care is Hard to Find? Try Being a Parent Who Works Early Mornings, Late Nights or Weekends

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More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay

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Will Biden’s First Term Have a Lasting Impact on the Child Care Sector?

Bryce Covert

Can the Congressional Dads Caucus Help Break the Logjam on Family-Friendly Policies?

Bryce Covert

Iowa Governor Refuses Federal Early Childhood Money Despite Child Care Crisis

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New Mexico is the First State to Guarantee a Right to Early Childhood Education. Universal Child Care Could Come Next

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Shame, Stigma and Hunger Return as Congress Eliminates Free Meals for All in Public Schools

Bryce Covert

‘I Can’t Compete’: Child Care Providers are Losing Staff to McDonald’s and Target

Bryce Covert

Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Bryce Covert

Economists Find Investing in Child Care Will Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Mother’s Employment and Increase Quality Care

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New Mexico Just Became the First State to Make Child Care Free for Nearly All Families

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The Child Tax Credit Expansion Was a Huge Success. Then It Ended.

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The Tennessee Pre-K Study Debate: Proof or Outlier?

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Study: Giving Mothers Cash Improves Children’s Brain Development

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Michigan’s First of Its Kind Program Shares Child Care Costs Between the State, Employers and Employees

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Child Tax Credit Dramatically Cuts Child Poverty; Can It Become Permanent?

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Connecticut Becomes First State in Nation for Baby Bonds

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Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Bryce Covert

The United States Used to Have Universal Child Care — Will We Do It Again?

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Child Care is Infrastructure. Biden’s Relief Bill Understands That

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American Rescue Plan: The United States Finally Invests Serious Resources in Our Children

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Ai-jen Poo, Founder of National Domestic Workers Alliance, Discusses Why Now is the Time for Transforming Our Undervalued and Largely Unseen Care Workforce

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New Mexico On Verge of Securing State Constitutional Change to Ensure Stable Funding for Children Zero to Five

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Universal Child Care Neither New Idea Nor Unprecedented

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Proposition R in St. Louis: Ballot Measure Creates First Public Funding Source for Education and Care for Children 0-5

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