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April 29, 2025 | Report/Brief | Alyssa Fortner

Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2021

By Alyssa Fortner Child care enables parents and caregivers to participate in the workforce, attend school and training programs, and take care of other responsibilities while their children are cared for in safe and stable early education programs. Despite its value, child care has historically…

September 3, 2024 | Report/Brief | Rachel Wilensky

Expanding Access to Child Care Assistance: Opportunities in the Child Care and Development Fund

This brief and fact sheet series offer states ways to improve child care access within the confines of the current system.

July 26, 2024 | Report/Brief | Alisha Saxena

Ensuring Affordable and Accessible Child Care for All

Accessible, affordable, high-quality child care and early education are vital for the economic well-being of families, communities, and the nation. However, families, especially those of color with low incomes, face significant challenges in accessing these services due to systemic racial and economic barriers.

June 27, 2024 | Report/Brief | Alycia Hardy

Child Care Assistance Landscape: Inequities in Federal and State Eligibility and Access

This national report and series of state fact sheets analyze variations in eligibility and access to Child Care and Development Block Grant subsidies in 2020.

August 22, 2023 | Report/Brief | Rachel Wilensky

Pandemic Child Care Relief Funds: Documenting Impact Across Four States

This project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the impact that federal COVID child care relief funds have already had across four states: Louisiana, Michigan, New York, and Virginia.

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. 

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