Child Care & Early Learning

Smart Healthy Kids

Early Learning with Funding from Tobacco Tax

President Obama’s proposal would ensure that 2 million low- and moderate-income children have access to high-quality preschool — and it would prevent 1.7 million kids from smoking. Find out more at

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Download our toolkit for early learning advocates!

Get our new toolkit with talking points and details on planning your advocacy activities over the August recess and beyond!

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Leaning in with Child Care

Leaning in with Child Care

On 5/9, NWLC's Helen Blank participated in a discussion on child care jobs and the need for quality, affordable care. 

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Impact of Sequestration State by State

How will the March 1st across-the-board cuts impact children?

Our interactive map shows the impact of sequestration on CCDBG and Head Start in each state.

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Child Care & Early Learning Experts Discuss Reforms

On 9/27, NWLC's Helen Blank spoke on a NAF panel of experts in child care and early learning.

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Advocacy Toolkit
Quality Jobs and Quality Care
Impact of Sequestration
Reforming Child Care

Highlights

Reports & Toolkits | A Strong Start Makes a Difference

September 13, 2013

Early Learning! Lots of people are talking about it and we wanted to hear from the educators and parents who regularly witness the powerful effects of high-quality early learning. We asked individuals across the country to tell us about their experiences and what early learning has meant to the children in their lives.

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Fact Sheet | Proposed Statutory & Regulatory Changes to CCDBG

July 22, 2013

This chart compares current law governing the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) with provisions of the reauthorization bill and proposed regulations.

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Fact Sheet | Impact of Sequestration Cuts on Head Start, Child Care and Early Education: State and Local Examples

July 15, 2013

This chart summarizes the impact of the Sequestration cuts to early childhood programs in the states.

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Fact Sheet | High-Quality Prekindergarten Is a Wise Investment

March 8, 2013

Early education helps prepare children to succeed in school and in life. This fact sheet summarizes the beneifts of Prekindergarten.

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Reports & Toolkits | Downward Slide: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2012

October 11, 2012

The National Women's Law Center's 9th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 27 states than they were in 2011 under one or more child care assistance policies.  Families are not only worse off in 2012 than they were in 2011, but are also worse off than a decade ago.  

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More Resources

Coalition Action Materials | Head Start Researchers' Letter to Congress

March 10, 2011

Over two-hundred academic researchers signed-on to a letter to Congress on the importance of investing and sustaining funding for Head Start and Early Head Start.

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Fact Sheet | House Budget Bill Would Make Deep Cuts in Head Start and Child Care

February 23, 2011

H.R. 1, the House-passed bill that sets federal spending levels for the rest of FY 2011, makes significant cuts in Head Start and Early Head Start and the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), our key federal early learning investments.

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Coalition Action Materials | Op-Ed Template on Early Childhood Funding

February 18, 2011

Submit an op-ed to local newspapers, both large and small, about the importance of sustaining and maintaining funding for early childhood programs by using this template. Please make sure to refer to the state by state chart on the total number of children at risk for losing child care slots to tailor this op-ed for your state.

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Fact Sheet | Estimated Number of Head Start Children Cut from House CR by State

February 17, 2011

This fact sheet breaks down by state the estimated number of children cut from the Head Start program in H.R. 1, the bill recently introduced by House Republican leadership.

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Coalition Action Materials | Sign-On Letter to Congress in Support of Sustaining and Maintaining FY 2011 Early Childhood Funding

February 08, 2011

The Child Care and Early Learning Coalition and over 1,800 of its national, state, and local partners sent a letter to Congress urging them to ensure funding for child care and Head Start/Early Head Start is protected in the FY 2011 budget and maintained.

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