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Diaper Need Increases Dramatically as Pandemic-Era Programs End and Inflation Rises

Bryce Covert·Jul 11, 2023·8 min read

Jasmine Smith couldn’t have guessed the cascading effect her three-year-old daughter’s broken arm would have on their lives. The older...

Bryce Covert·May 17, 2023·6 min read

It’s hard enough to find child care in this country that is dependable and affordable when working a regular 9...

“Without Child Care, There’s No Workforce”

Bryce Covert·May 8, 2023·4 min read

Lorretta Johnson has been running a child care out of her home in Austin, Texas since 1999, caring mostly for...

Bryce Covert·Feb 14, 2023·7 min read

Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy made headlines and history when it took 15 rounds of votes for his...

Bryce Covert·Dec 12, 2022·8 min read

Deborah VanderGaast originally started running a child care business out of her home in Tipton, Iowa in 2005 serving children...

Bryce Covert·Nov 9, 2022·6 min read

Yesterday, New Mexico voters made history: they overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that makes theirs the first state to guarantee...

Bryce Covert·Oct 20, 2022·9 min read

Free school meals were a godsend for Lynnea Hawkins long before the pandemic. Her son was living with his father...

Bryce Covert·Aug 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...

Bryce Covert·Jun 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...

Is universal, public preschool good for children? Is it worth spending billions of dollars on, or will that money be...

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