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.

This fact sheet analyzes national and state spending and participation data for CCDBG- and TANF-funded child care for FY 2019.

Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) proposed a new child care framework to be included in a budget reconciliation package.

An estimated 1 million+ children could benefit from the Murray-Kaine child care and early education proposal.

Alycia Hardy and Stephanie Schmit detail the child care & preschool provisions of the Build Back Better Act. Read the executive summary here.

For a more equitable and affordable child care system that works for all families—we must prioritize systemic change as we recover from the pandemic & decades of underfunding. Dig into the data on this new fact sheet.

Lawmakers have temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC) available to families with children in 2021. 

In this factsheet, CLASP details child care assistance participation and spending based on the most recent, publicly released data. 

On May 27, 2020 Katherine Gallagher Robbins presented on a webinar hosted by Oxfam America about Who Gives Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.