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…
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.
For a more equitable and affordable child care system that works for all families—we must prioritize systemic change as we recover from the pandemic & decades of underfunding. Dig into the data on this new fact sheet.
CLASP, The Century Foundation, and the National Women's Law Center write on the Child Care and Universal Pre-Kindergarten investment included in the Build Back Better Act as an economic, political, and racial and gender justice imperative.
CLASP, The Century Foundation, and the National Women's Law Center provide estimates for how many infants, toddlers, and preschoolers would be served through a 10-year federal investment of $450 billion.