Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2022

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Child Care and Development Fund Participation in 2021

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.

Child Care Assistance Spending & Participation in 2020