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The Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act: The Boldest Plan On Offer Is Quietly Received (3-Part Series, Part 2)

Series: Which Path Forward?: Analyzing the Flurry of Federal Child Care Proposals

Elliot Haspel·May 25, 2021·6 min read

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in many ways the match that lit the current child care moment. Before the world had...

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The “Child Care For Working Families Act”: Transition Fuel for Universal Child Care (3-Part Series, Part 1)

Series: Which Path Forward?: Analyzing the Flurry of Federal Child Care Proposals

Elliot Haspel·Apr 28, 2021·8 min read

When I declared on this site a few months back that “The Era of Child Care Incrementalism Is Over,” I had no idea how much April would prove the point. Not only is the White House gearing up to release the American Families Plan -- which will include, per the Washington Post, over $400 billion in early care & education funding -- but on Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Bobby Scott reintroduced a new iteration of the Child Care For Working Families Act (CCWFA).

The Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act: The Boldest Plan On Offer Is Quietly Received (3-Part Series, Part 2)

The “Child Care For Working Families Act”: Transition Fuel for Universal Child Care (3-Part Series, Part 1)

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