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
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.
This chart compares current law governing the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) with provisions of the reauthorization bill and proposed regulations.
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.
This essential report provides recommendations for state policymakers and advocates on ways to develop the best tax policies for families that must pay for costly child and dependent care to be gainfully employed. It also provides a review and analysis of all state child and dependent care tax provisions in effect for tax year 2005.
See also the Making the Grade for Care report card, which ranks 31 tax provisions in 27 states based on the tax assistance they provide to working families with child and dependent care expenses in tax year 2005.
This state-by-state report card, a companion piece to the 2006 report Making Care Less Taxing, ranks 31 tax provisions in 27 states based on the tax assistance they provide to working families with child and dependent care expenses in tax year 2005.
