Elliot Haspel is clear about one thing regarding business and child care: he believes that on-site child care or business-supported...
Rebecca Gale is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. and a reporting fellow for Better Life Lab at New America.
The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in unprecedented federal spending in the child care industry. When schools and child care programs shut...
In Texas, A Break for Child Care Providers Via Property Taxes
Instead of Direct Payments to Providers, a Ballot Referendum in Texas Offers a Property Tax Break
For Alejandra Gardner, it wasn’t until she began receiving funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that her child...
Quality Journalism Needed to Shift Attitudes on Child Care
Takeaways from the Better Life Lab Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants
It began with Build Back Better. Well, truthfully, it has been a decades-long push for many advocacy organizations to put...
Reframing Caregiving Leave as an Opportunity at Work, Not a Liability
MH WorkLife’s “Care At Work Summit NYC” Focuses on Strengthening Resilience, Elevating Care, Transforming Workplaces
We’re doing it wrong. When it comes to taking a paid leave to care for oneself or a family member,...
Dr. María E. Enchautegui had noticed a pattern. Puerto Rico had a very low labor force participation as compared to...
Claudia Goldin, recent Nobel Prize winner and the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is a trailblazer who...
A graphic story on the child care cliff and end of ARPA funding for child care
A Top Priority for Generation Z? Child Care
New Survey Shows Generation Z Values Child Care as a Leading Workplace Benefit
Kelly Choi crunched the numbers on child care, and the results didn’t look good. Like the majority (66 percent) of...
American Rescue Plan Act Funds Are On The Way to Help Child Care Providers – But Will it Be Enough?
Blacksburg, Virginia has money allocated to give child care providers a much-needed pay boost, but for some it may be too late.
Lourdie believes she has found her life’s work as a child care worker. She loves her work in the infant-toddler...
Minnesota Makes Major Strides on Behalf of Children and Families
Legislative Session Brings $750 Million in New Funds for Child Care and Early Learning Programs
There are major changes coming for families in Minnesota. That is how Representative Dave Pinto explains it. The Democratic legislator,...
Vermont Makes Child Care History with a Bipartisan Veto Override
Success Credited to a Decade of Advocacy, Lobbying Efforts, Coalition Building
On Tuesday, June 20, Vermont’s state legislature met in a special legislative session to consider a bipartisan veto override of...