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New Annual Budget Devotes $600 Billion Over 10 Years to Child Care and Early Childhood Education

Bryce Covert·Apr 5, 2023·6 min read

The race to elect the next president hasn’t officially started, but soon President Joe Biden will turn toward defending his...

Natalie Renew·Aug 27, 2020·3 min read

During her convention speech last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren, sitting in a now closed child care center, spoke about the...

Act 76, the state’s version of near-universal child care, is giving family child care an overdue boost.

Rebecca Gale·Feb 11, 2025·7 min read

Chelsea Chase’s house sits on a rural road in Vermont, four miles from interstate 91. A row of cubbies filled...

Bryce Covert·Jan 12, 2021·3 min read

The idea of creating a national, universal child care system in this country got a turn in the spotlight during...

Mark Swartz·Mar 15, 2023·6 min read

Early education advocates cheered when President Biden’s State of the Union address noted that children who attend preschool are nearly...

Elliot Haspel·Oct 13, 2021·10 min read

As the fight for an effective and well-funded child care system continues, philanthropies are exploring innovative avenues to support advocacy...

Takeaways from the Better Life Lab Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants

Rebecca Gale·Dec 20, 2023·4 min read

It began with Build Back Better. Well, truthfully, it has been a decades-long push for many advocacy organizations to put...

Elliot Haspel·Mar 4, 2021·4 min read

Early on in the recently released documentary Through The Night, Deloris “Nunu” Hogan circles up the group of children under...

Elliot Haspel·Apr 30, 2020·5 min read

Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...

Blacksburg, Virginia has money allocated to give child care providers a much-needed pay boost, but for some it may be too late.

Rebecca Gale·Aug 8, 2023·9 min read

Lourdie believes she has found her life’s work as a child care worker. She loves her work in the infant-toddler...

Bryce Covert·May 7, 2021·5 min read

Universal child care is getting a turn in the spotlight. President Joe Biden has proposed universal preschool for all American...

Smart2Start = 1 Application for Almost 150 Providers

Mark Swartz·Feb 26, 2020·2 min read

Virginia’s Roanoke Valley, anchored by its namesake city in Southwest Virginia, is a considerable distance from the economically booming area...

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