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…
We envision our country’s economic future at its best—a nation of thriving communities with economic opportunity for all. To that end, we propose a new federal Youth and Young Adult Development and Economic Opportunity (YYADEO) system to replace the youth workforce development system currently mandated…
The DOL found that child labor violations increased in 2023: 5,800 children were employed in violation of labor law, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year and 88 percent from 2019. But this likely underestimates the prevalence of child labor across the United…
This series of fact sheets explores the challenges and missed opportunities to effectively implement 988 and transform the United States’ existing mental and behavioral health crisis response system.
This fact sheet highlights how the overturn of Roe v. Wade exacerbated pre-existing barriers to abortion care for immigrants and proposes recommendations for Congress and the Biden Administration to support immigrant access to abortion.
We proudly partnered with the The Children’s Partnership and the California Protecting Immigrant Families (CA-PIF) campaign to release a new fact sheet spotlighting the health of children in immigrant families in California. Children in immigrant families in California are a racially and ethnically diverse population…
By Alejandra Londono Gomez Question: What is presumptive eligibility and why do families need it? Answer: Presumptive eligibility for child care subsidies is a policy that allows families to receive temporary and immediate financial assistance to pay for child care services, while the agency administering…
Presumptive eligibility for child care subsidies is a policy that allows families to receive temporary child care assistance while their eligibility for the program is being determined.
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.