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August 11, 2022 | Report/Brief | Alycia Hardy

Child Care Assistance Spending and Participation in 2019

This fact sheet analyzes national and state spending and participation data for CCDBG- and TANF-funded child care for FY 2019.

March 31, 2022 | Report/Brief | Tiffany Ferrette

Supporting Infants and Toddlers Through Federal Relief and the American Rescue Plan

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…

February 7, 2022 | Report/Brief

Pathways to Prosperity: Promoting Economic Security for Families with Infants and Toddlers

This report was derived from the October 2021 Building Strong Foundations for Families project Economic Security Convening. 

November 30, 2021 | Report/Brief | Alyssa Fortner

Advancing Equitable State Child Care Policies Using ARPA and Other Relief Funds

This fact sheet highlights the actions that select states have implemented to make the most of recent historic funding.

November 23, 2021 | Report/Brief | Alycia Hardy

Understanding Child Care and Pre-Kindergarten Provisions in the Build Back Better Act

Alycia Hardy and Stephanie Schmit detail the child care & preschool provisions of the Build Back Better Act. 

September 22, 2021 | Report/Brief | Christine Johnson-Staub

Supporting Mental Health Policies and Practices through the American Rescue Plan

Christine Johnson-Staub and Isha Weerasinghe offer a set of principles policymakers and other stakeholders can consider as they implement ARPA’s mental health provisions.

August 11, 2021 | Report/Brief | Tiffany Ferrette

Supporting Immigrant Providers and Families Through Child Care Relief Funds

The previous four years, which included the COVID-19 pandemic, an ensuing economic crisis, and a series of anti-immigrant policies, led the country to an inflection point. Child care is a critical support for all children and families—including immigrant families who comprise a significant share of…

January 28, 2021 | Report/Brief | Christine Johnson-Staub

How States Can Spend $10 Billion for Child Care Well, Wisely & With Urgency

Policies states may use to implement the new funds under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

January 25, 2021 | Report/Brief | Christine Johnson-Staub

Opportunities to Advocate for Equitable Child Care Policies through the State CCDF Planning Process

CLASP brief on opportunities to advocate for equitable child care policies through the state CCDF planning process.

December 1, 2020 | Report/Brief | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Address the Crisis and Transform the Future for Young Children and their Families

The COVID-19 pandemic and recession have taken this simmering crisis and turned it into an explosive boil, demanding immediate response from the Biden-Harris Administration.

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