Child Care Assistance

Many families struggle with the costs of child care and need a helping hand to afford high-quality child care to keep working.

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Fact Sheet | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010: Individual State Fact Sheets

November 08, 2010

The following state-by-state fact sheets provide information from NWLC’s report on state child care assistance programs, State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010: New Federal Funds Help States Weather the Storm.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio Recording and Transcript for State Child Care Assistance Policies: Current Challenges for Children and Families

October 27, 2010

This conference call discussed most recent developments in state child care assistance programs and also featured state advocates who are working on key challenges affecting low-income families as well as providers’ access to child care assistance.

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Coalition Action Materials | Coalition Letter to Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

October 20, 2010

The Child Care and Early Learning Coalition's letter to the Administration's Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform urges them to ensure that domestic discretionary spending not be reduced to or frozen at levels that would jeopardize investments in programs such as early care and education.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio Recording and Transcript for Congress is Wrapping Up: Get the Scoop on Early Childhood

October 06, 2010

The NWLC/CLASP conference call discussed important pieces of early childhood legislation from the 111th Congress as well as what's on the horizon for the lame duck session and the 112th Congress.

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Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010: New Federal Funds Help States Weather the Storm

September 30, 2010

NWLC's seventh annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that states largely held off major cuts as of February 2010, with help from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.  Although most state policies are holding steady compared to a year ago, they have not improved or are behind where they were in 2001.

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