The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily expands the size and eligibility guidelines of the Child Care Tax Credit. Due to this expansion, it is estimated that 27 million children in low-income families will qualify for expanded direct…

Educare schools provide full-day, year-round early care and education for young children living in families from underserved communities. This brief illustrates the experiences and responses of Educare’s early childhood care and education (ECCE)…

The 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act supports funding for effective, evidence-based kinship navigator programs. This brief illustrates how kinship navigator programs operate and identifies common challenges in program evaluation. These…

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a financial crisis for child care and early education providers beyond the narrow margins these providers previously faced. New challenges for providers include mandated closures, unstable enrollments and demands…

The 20th Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) was held virtually on October 13–15 and October 19–22, 2020. The conference sessions were organized in six thematic tracks: TANF Programs, Policies, and Populations;…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report complements the CCDF Policies Database…

This report reviews lessons learned in the implementation of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s seven-year Family-Centered Community Change (FCCC) initiative in Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Ohio; and San Antonio, Texas. The FCCC is an integrated two…

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), a Federal block grant program, appropriates funds to states, tribes, and territories to subsidize child care costs for low-income working families. Each jurisdiction has its own set of eligibility…

This brief looks at the challenges and opportunities for young people ages 14 to 24 to access the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. It also covers ways these tax credits are intended to meet the needs of young people and how…

Counties have expanded child care services and have offered child care providers local COVID-19 relief and support in sustaining child care after the pandemic. This National Association of Counties webinar on January 25, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:…