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Stephanie Schmit was quoted in this article about the reintroduced Child Care for Working Families Act.
New analysis by CLASP provides state-by-state estimates of how an infusion of $50 billion in the child care system would be distributed.
This brief provides new estimates of what it would cost to sustain the child care system during the coronavirus pandemic. We estimate that at least $9.6 billion is needed each month to fully fund existing providers in the child care system.
Last night House Democrats released a bill to combat the Coronavirus crisis. The child care provisions in the bill would help meet some of the critical needs, but they will not be enough.
Access to affordable, stable, and high quality child care and housing and are essential to families’ economic stability, parents’ ability to work, and children’s healthy development. But due to inadequate funding, just 1 in 6 children eligible for child care assistance — and 1 in 5 families with children eligible for housing assistance — receives it. As a result, many low-income families struggle to pay for child care and housing, and many are forced into low-quality child care arrangements and substandard housing. This paper, jointly published by CLASP and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) dives into the importance and opportunities related to child care and housing policy.
This fact sheet provides demographic information about Michigan’s infants and toddlers and their families. It also explains the current policy landscape, including threats and opportunities at the state level, as well as proposed policy actions to improve wellbeing.
CLASP delivered this presentation during the Smart Start 2017 conference on the changing federal landscape for young children, discussing the federal budget, child care programs, immigration, and health care.
The President has signed a 2014 spending bill, which includes a substantial increase of $1.4 billion for child care and early education. Over $1 billion of that increase is for Head Start, the nation’s early childhood program for poor children.
While it is great news that the importance of early education is starting to gain traction across the country, it is crucial to recognize where we are as a country and how far we have to go. President Obama has proposed big investments in early education
Christine Johnson-Staub, Stephanie Schmit, and Wendy Cervantes presented at the 2017 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro, NC.