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Child Care Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on our already fragile child care system. Providers have closed, others are struggling, and everyone it seems is realizing that without child care, America can’t get back to work. (Yes, child care is infrastructure.) Early Learning Nation is covering the field with rigor and nuance from a historical perspective (Universal Child Care was a great success during WWII), to the latest legislative proposals and to ways that we must transform the way we treat our undervalued and largely unseen child care workforce.

Voices and Visions for Transformative Change from Child Care NEXT

Mark Swartz·August 16, 2022·9 min read

Child Care NEXT, a new initiative of the Alliance for Early Success, supports diverse coalitions in states “ready to mount...

Recent Analysis: Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Bryce Covert·August 10, 2022·3 min read

People who work in the early childhood education sector are crucial to keeping millions of American children healthy and safe...

Not a Moment Too Soon: A New Network Offers Promise for Our Broken Child Care Picture

Mark Swartz·July 21, 2022·6 min read

U.S. child care is broken. Centers and other businesses are closing. Educators are finding work in other fields with better...

Child Care Innovation: Centralizing Administrative Roles

Part 3 of a 5-part Series

Rebecca Gale·July 20, 2022·9 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences

Part 2 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·June 30, 2022·8 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

New York City’s 60-year-old Fight for Universal Child Care

Today’s Activists Are Part of A Long, Historic Struggle. Will They Succeed?

Kendra Hurley·June 29, 2022·8 min read

As a federal plan to make child care affordable languishes in Congress, New York City has joined the growing number...

Thriving Providers Project: First of Its Kind Effort Uses Guaranteed Income to Address Compensation of Early Childhood Education Workforce

Alice Bradley·June 28, 2022·6 min read

Home-based child care providers may soon be getting some much-needed financial assistance. The Thriving Providers Project (TPP), officially launching in...

Economists Find Investing in Child Care Will Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Mother’s Employment and Increase Quality Care

Bryce Covert·June 24, 2022·6 min read

After decades of disinvestment in child care that went largely unnoticed, the pandemic knocked the fragile system even more off...

Innovations in Child Care Investment: Building the Case for Public and Private Funds

Part 1 of a 5-Part Series Explores Innovations in Child Care

Rebecca Gale·June 15, 2022·7 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

Wyoming’s Long Main Street: Connection and Cohesion in the Cowboy State

Mark Swartz·March 25, 2022·5 min read

The Great Resignation is happening across the country, but it’s hitting some states harder than others. A recent WalletHub report...

Child Care Crisis

Voices and Visions for Transformative Change from Child Care NEXT

Recent Analysis: Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Not a Moment Too Soon: A New Network Offers Promise for Our Broken Child Care Picture

Child Care Innovation: Centralizing Administrative Roles

Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences

New York City’s 60-year-old Fight for Universal Child Care

Thriving Providers Project: First of Its Kind Effort Uses Guaranteed Income to Address Compensation of Early Childhood Education Workforce

Economists Find Investing in Child Care Will Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Mother’s Employment and Increase Quality Care

Innovations in Child Care Investment: Building the Case for Public and Private Funds

Wyoming’s Long Main Street: Connection and Cohesion in the Cowboy State

Elliot’s Provocations: Voter Support for Child Care Is Sky-High Yet Butter-Soft

5 Questions for the Governor: Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt

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