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May 06, 2025 |

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...

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May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget”

May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States House Committee on Appropriations “Budget Hearing- Health and Human Services”

April 29, 2025 | Report/Brief | Alyssa Fortner

Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2021

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High-quality child care and early education builds a foundation for young children’s healthy development. This drives CLASP’s work to promote policies that support healthy child development and family economic stability. We work to expand resources for child care and early education at the federal and state levels and support access to high-quality care that meets families’ diverse needs. We work to more effectively implement proven federal programs—including the Child Care and Development Block Grant, Head Start, and Early Head Start—that provide child care subsidies and early learning opportunities to low-income families.

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Child Care Assistance Spending & Participation in 2020

Child care has long been unaffordable and inaccessible for many families. The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), the primary federal funding source to help families with low incomes access child care, is a crucial support for many families across the country. However, Congress has never funded child care at the level needed to serve all eligible families. In fact, the most recent data from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) show that in 2019, only 1 in 6 eligible children had access to assistance.

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Child Care Assistance Spending & Participation in 2020

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Testimony/Comments | May 14, 2025
CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget”
Testimony/Comments | May 14, 2025
CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States House Committee on Appropriations “Budget Hearing- Health and Human Services”
Report/Brief | May 06, 2025
Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2022
Report/Brief | April 29, 2025
Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2021
Report/Brief | April 02, 2025
A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

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Alyssa Fortner
Alyssa Fortner
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Priya Pandey
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Rachel Wilensky
Rachel Wilensky
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Shira Small
Shira Small
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Stephanie Schmit
Stephanie Schmit
Director, Child Care and Early Education
Wendy Cervantes
Wendy Cervantes
Director, Immigration and Immigrant Families
Wendy Chun-Hoon
Wendy Chun-Hoon
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