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…

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural problems encountered by Black, Latina, and Native American child care and early education providers. This report draws upon interviews with 20 experts to highlight 19 state and local policy strategies…

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:…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the U.S. child care and early learning sector. In response, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 provides $10 billion in needed pandemic-related relief for the child care sector; this…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report synthesizes changes that states and territories made due to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program reauthorization, including health and safety improvements at child care…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host a webinar to examine the findings from a series of surveys conducted from June to November 2020 which addressed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on working parents, the childcare industry, and…

This brief summarizes potential federal funding sources and programs that can be used to address barriers facing young parents and families, such as unemployment, disruption to education, financial instability, and lack of child care access,…

The Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2020 (NRCEC 2020) will be held virtually from November 30 to December 3, 2020. This biennial event will cover research on child welfare, Early…

The economic shocks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along with social distancing and stay-at-home orders have dramatically reshaped the approach social service programs are taking to support employment for low-income populations. The Office…