By Alycia Hardy On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which included $6.2 billion in annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The annual appropriations process is an important opportunity for federal policymakers to…
Child care is too expensive and far too difficult to find for most families while providers make far too little. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal source for child care assistance and was designed to provide access to child care…
Child care is an essential service that parents rely on so they can work, attend school, or participate in training while knowing their children are well cared for […]
Two years into the pandemic and one year after the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), this brief examines how decision makers implementing ARPA have used COVID relief funding and policy opportunities to lay the groundwork for longer-term, transformative change by equitably supporting…
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos (DHS) anunció una nueva directiva el 27 de octubre de 2021, que restringe acciones de inmigración en o cerca de "áreas protegidas". Esta directiva reemplaza la directiva anterior de "ubicaciones sensibles" establecida en el 2011. Las…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new policy on October 27, 2021, that restricts immigration enforcement actions at or near “protected areas.” The policy replaces the previous 2011 “sensitive locations” policy. This resource is intended to inform early childhood professionals about DHS…
This fact sheet from UnidosUS, the National Immigration Law Center, and CLASP provides immigrants who need to apply for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) information on how to do so.
The analysis details the current CCDBG initial annual income eligibility limit in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. It also looks at the income eligibility threshold for the first year of the BBB’s act child care program.