Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) outlined immediate federal spending priorities that would support hard-working families, including a nearly $3 billion increase in funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) to make child care more affordable.

This brief contains an in-depth analysis of national trends and 50-state data for spending and participation in CCDBG-and TANF-funded child care programs during the federal fiscal year (FY) 2014.