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Alyssa Fortner, Alycia Hardy, and Stephanie Schmit detail the importance of significant and sustained direct spending for school-age child care. This fact sheet highlights a new CLASP analysis estimating that it would cost between $48.4 billion and $79.6 billion to reach all school-age children eligible through CCDBG.
On April 6, 2021, CLASP and ZERO TO THREE co-hosted a webinar on supporting young children and their families with the American Rescue Plan Act.
CLASP and several partners sent this letter to the ACF with input on the guidance for state implementation of the ARPA child care provisions.
CLASP summarizes the planned uses of CRRSA funding by each state as described in 60 Day Reports newly released by the federal Office of Child Care.
CLASP and numerous organizations signed and sent a letter to the administration on building a comprehensive and equitable child care and early learning system.
While the sector received a critical down payment on relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, President Biden’s American Rescue Plan offers a bold investment in child care relief, finally delivering on the promise of a total of at least $50 billion in direct relief funding.
The American Rescue Plan, which passed Congress on March 10 and will be signed by President Biden upon receipt, includes several critical supports for families related to nutrition, child poverty, health care, mental health, and more.
On March 3rd, 2021, Tiffany Ferrette and the NWLC presented on investing in child care as a public good.
Under the American Rescue Plan, President Biden expanded the existing child tax credit (CTC) and made it fully refundable, both increasing the benefits families receive and allowing families to receive increments of the benefit monthly. Now we need to make it permanent.
Policies states may use to implement the new funds under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.