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. 

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

The Child Care is Essential Act would provide $50 billion of critical support to keep the child care sector afloat through the pandemic.

Relatives play an important child care role for families of all backgrounds and incomes, even in the best of times. But in this public health and economic crisis, it is particularly important to recognize their value and critical role in an already-fragile child care system…

This fact sheet provides a basic overview of the SBA’s forgivable loans that could offer some relief to child care programs—and also demonstrates why loans are insufficient to solve the problem for providers and families.

This factsheet explores the nutrition provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Families First includes several important provisions that will help parents and caregivers keep food on the table during this crisis,

As families and communities grapple with the COVID-19 crisis, child care should be a front-and-center issue. Federal and state policymakers must move swiftly to respond to the growing child care crisis using the following health care principles.

CLASP and several national partners sent this letter to the Director of the Office of Child Care in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting immediate and clear guidance to state Child Care and Development Fund administrators and lead agencies regarding policy choices…