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June 24, 2025 | Fact Sheet | Rachel Wilensky

FY25 Continuing Resolution Means Fewer Children Have Access to Child Care Through CCDBG

By Rachel Wilensky and Stephanie Schmit On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 into law. The law decreased nondefense spending by $13 billion but kept spending levels the same as fiscal year (FY) 2024 for many…

March 6, 2025 | Fact Sheet | Stephanie Schmit

Cuts to SSBG, TANF Would Eliminate Child Care for 40K Children, Disrupt Care for Millions More

Federal budget proposals currently under consideration threaten resources available for children and families....

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.

April 2, 2024 | Fact Sheet | Stephanie Schmit

CCDBG FY2024 State-by-State Appropriations Distribution Estimates and Increases

On March 23, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 into law. The act’s allocations for fiscal year (FY) 2024 included a significant increase of $725 million in discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). This…

August 1, 2023 | Report/Brief | Alejandra Londono Gomez

Maryland’s Presumptive Eligibility Policy—and Other Innovations for Child Care Assistance

This report addresses and assesses many policies—particularly presumptive eligibility—that may be useful to other states' efforts to improve their child care subsidy programs.   

May 2, 2023 | Fact Sheet | Stephanie Schmit

Child Care for Working Families Act BASE Grants: State-by-State Estimates of $9 Billion in Proposed Funding

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) recently reintroduced a stronger, revised version of the Child Care for Working Families Act.

April 19, 2023 | Fact Sheet | Alycia Hardy

What a $4.38 Billion Increase in CCDBG Annual Discretionary Funding Could Mean for Your State

In response to the fragile nature of the child care sector after decades of insufficient federal funding, CLASP and other child care advocates across the field have called for a $4.38 billion increase in annual discretionary funding for CCDBG.

May 16, 2022 | Fact Sheet | Stephanie Schmit

Child Care & Early Education Reconciliation Proposal Could Reach 1 Million+ Children

An estimated 1 million+ children could benefit from the Murray-Kaine child care and early education proposal.

December 2, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Alycia Hardy

Executive Summary: Understanding the Child Care and Pre-K Provisions in the Build Back Better Act

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

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