In March 2018, Congress passed a $2.37 billion increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). Now states can get back on track and make child care subsidies work better.
In March 2018, Congress enacted the largest funding increase in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCBDG)'s history. To show how this investment is helping children, families, and child care providers and to make the case for greater investments in the future state advocates,…
Equity Starts Early: Addressing Racial Inequities in Child Care and Early Education Policy explores these critical racial equity issues in major early childhood programs, policies, and systems, including CCDBG, Head Start, and state pre-kindergarten programs. It provides demographic and historical context for creating racially equitable early…
With the historic allocation of $2.4 billion in new federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds in the 2018 omnibus spending bill, we have the opportunity to improve child care and early education policies for infants and toddlers, and their parents and caregivers.…
The Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reports that an additional $53 billion in public and private resources annually would be required to fully fund a national, high-quality child care and early education system.
In his final budget, Governor Brown proposed directing $27 million of California TANF dollars to a home visiting program. Congress should also invest in home visiting by reauthorizing the national MIECHV program.