Any discussion about strengthening Medicaid should build on this current successful foundation rather than threatening states' financial stability—and patients' health and well-being—with drastic changes to the program's financing and structure.
The Continuing Resolution includes $500 million for CCDBG, half of which will be used for disaster relief in affected states and the other half to be allocated among all states as emergency discretionary funding.
This new cost-sharing model's positive and negative impacts are still being realized. What's clear is that this country needs a well-resourced, publicly funded child care system that is universally accessible and affordable.
CLASP senior policy analyst, Tiffany Ferrette, presents at a session entitled, “Reimagining Child Care Quality: How the Child Care and Development Fund Final Rule will Improve Systems.” This session covered the recently released Child Care and Development Fund final rule and how the new requirements,…
This national report and series of state fact sheets analyze variations in eligibility and access to Child Care and Development Block Grant subsidies in 2020.
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…
Today’s final rule on Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the administration’s latest effort in a strategy to support the families who need care and the providers they depend on.
New results from the survey conducted by Data for Progress in collaboration with CLASP demonstrate the employment and financial challenges that parents face due to inaccessible child care.
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, co-sponsored by Early Learning Nation Magazine, we heard a riveting conversation about early childhood policy — past, present and future. Moderator Michelle Kang of NAEYC opened the session by recognizing the essential yet currently undervalued and undercompensated role that child care and education…