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.
Over the next year, with your help, we plan to cover a lot of ground to make sure Members of Congress hear about child care while they’re in their state and district offices. We’ll be working with advocates nationwide in order to break through the political noise. We’ll put child care on the map for Congress – and then we’ll put it on our OWN map, to track our successes!
On April 27, 2012, the Child Care and Early Learning Coalition sent a sign-on letter to the chairs and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services in support of early childhood programs for the FY 2013 appropriations process.
This fact sheet explains the child care and early learning provisions in Sen. Tom Harkin's Rebuild America Act. The Act will provide for increased investments in child care, improvements to infrastruce, and supports for teachers.
Nancy Duff Campbell is a founder and Co-President of the National Women's Law Center, one of the nation's pre-eminent women's rights organizations. A recognized expert on women's law and public policy issues, for over forty years Ms. Campbell has participated in the development and implementation of key legislative initiatives and litigation protecting women's rights, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting low-income women and their families.
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