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

Webinars & Presentations | Audio and Transcript for Federal Budget Roadmap - Where We're Going & What We Need to Do

September 20, 2012

In this call, Helen Blank of the National Women's Law Center, Hannah Matthews of CLASP, and Adele Robinson of the National Association for the Education of Young Children outlined a federal budget roadmap for early childhood.

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Fact Sheet | A Timeline for Upcoming Federal Budget Decisions

September 06, 2012

Over the next six months, Congress will face a series of decisions that will shape federal budget priorities for years to come.  This fact sheet explains the timeline for key decision points ahead.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio and Transcript for How State and Local Advocates Stopped Cutbacks and Achieved Successes

July 24, 2012

In this call, state advocates from California, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, and New York discuss how they stopped child care cutbacks in their states and achieved successes in this challenging fiscal climate.

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Fact Sheet | Additional Child Care Funding is Essential to Stop State Cuts

July 12, 2012

This fact sheet describes proposed and enacted cuts to child care assistance across the states in 2012.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio for Putting Child Care on the Map

May 17, 2012

Listen to this conference call to learn more about our initiative to reach out to members of Congress to Put Child Care on the Map.

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