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 | Affordability: Women and Their Families Need Help Paying for Child Care

February 02, 2008
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Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2007: Some Steps Forward, More Progress Needed

September 24, 2007

NWLC's annual nationwide report and analysis of state child care assistance policies reveals that low-income families continue to struggle to access high-quality child care, despite some modest improvements made by states.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Letter to Child Care Bureau: Comments on the Notice of Proposed Rule-Making Regarding Error Rate Reports & Toolkitsing in the Child Care and Development Fund

April 30, 2007
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Coalition Action Materials | Letter to the House and Senate Re: Funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant

October 26, 2006
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Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies 2006: Gaps Remain, With New Challenges Ahead

September 26, 2006

Parents need child care to get and keep a job and support their families. Unfortunately, many low-income families are unable to receive the child care assistance they need. This analysis of trends in four major aspects of state child care assistance policies provides a mixed picture.

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