Child Care Agenda

Developing America's Potential: An Agenda for Affordable, High-Quality Child Care provides federal and state policy makers with a detailed road map for much needed systemic reforms in child care. This blueprint for the future of child care is the product of a collaboration among national and state organizations.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | State by State Fact Sheets: Child Care Assistance Policies 2011

December 16, 2011

The National Women's Law Center's 8th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 37 states than they were in 2010 under one or more child care assistance policies. These 51 fact sheets explain the state of child care assistance in individual states and the District of Columbia.

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Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2011: Reduced Support for Families in Challenging Times

October 11, 2011

The National Women's Law Center's 8th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 37 states than they were in 2010 under one or more child care assistance policies.  Families are not only worse off in 2011 than they were in 2010, but are also worse off than a decade ago.

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Fact Sheet | Additional Child Care Funding Essential to Prevent State Cuts

August 18, 2011

Factsheet describes the size and impact of cuts in child care assistance in 20 states, as additional funding for child care assistance programs provided by the Recovery Act runs out, putting thousands of families at risk of losing the child care assistance that helps maintain their financial stability and ensure the well-being of their children. 

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More Resources

Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies Report Series

October 11, 2011

This nationwide annual analysis by the National Women's Law Center compares child care assistance policies from year to year and to and 2001 in four policy areas: income eligibility, waiting lists for assistance, copayment requirements and reimbursement rates for providers. Some states have made progress, but most states continue to be behind where they were in 2001. Read more...

Fact Sheet | State by State Fact Sheets: Child Care Assistance Policies 2011

December 16, 2011

The National Women's Law Center's 8th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 37 states than they were in 2010 under one or more child care assistance policies. These 51 fact sheets explain the state of child care assistance in individual states and the District of Columbia.

 Read more...

Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2011: Reduced Support for Families in Challenging Times

October 11, 2011

The National Women's Law Center's 8th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 37 states than they were in 2010 under one or more child care assistance policies.  Families are not only worse off in 2011 than they were in 2010, but are also worse off than a decade ago.

 Read more...

Fact Sheet | Additional Child Care Funding Essential to Prevent State Cuts

August 18, 2011

Factsheet describes the size and impact of cuts in child care assistance in 20 states, as additional funding for child care assistance programs provided by the Recovery Act runs out, putting thousands of families at risk of losing the child care assistance that helps maintain their financial stability and ensure the well-being of their children. 

 Read more...

Reports & Toolkits | Promising State Child Care Quality and Infant/Toddler Initiatives

April 07, 2011

High-quality child care encourages children’s learning and development and helps them enter school ready to succeed. Yet in most communities, high-quality care is in short supply, particularly for low-income children and very young children. States and communities are working to address this shortage and improve the quality of care through a number of promising strategies, with the help of federal funding. To obtain a snapshot of notable state quality improvement initiatives, the National Women's Law Center asked child care administrators in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia to identify their states’ most promising quality initiative and most promising infant/toddler initiative supported with these resources.

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