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June 9, 2025 | Report/Brief | Rachel Wilensky

The Impact of Anti-immigrant Policies on Children, Families & the Child Care and Early Education Workforce

By Rachel Wilensky, Karla Coleman-Castillo, and Wendy Cervantes In the four months since inauguration, the Trump Administration has leveled a staggering number of threats on social programs–from executive orders to funding freezes and staff layoffs–that are already harming child care and early learning programs. These…

May 6, 2025 | Report/Brief | Alyssa Fortner

Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2022

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…

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…

April 2, 2025 | Report/Brief | Priya Pandey

A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

This guide explains how early childhood providers can create "safe space" policies to protect immigrant families in their programs.

February 11, 2025 | Report/Brief | Nat Baldino

Young Workers Speak Out: New Perspectives on The Need for Paid Leave

This report finds that youth in America, especially in regions like the South that have high populations of young Black and Brown people, desperately need policies that provide adequate and accessible paid leave from employment.

September 17, 2024 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

Policy Framework for Immigrant Mental Health

This framework intends to provide a unifying set of goals across actors and movements to improve immigrant mental health and well-being in the United States.

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 | Juan Carlos Gomez

The Way Forward for Immigrant Access to Public Benefit Programs

Immigrants need access to public benefits like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP. Inclusive federal policies are crucial for this access, as anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric have eroded trust in government institutions among immigrant communities.

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.

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