As the nation heads to the polls, it is important to understand that young voters are deeply affected by child care issues during the coronavirus pandemic and that they support child care relief funding and longer-term strategies to invest in child care.
By Katie Hamm and John Halpin
COLUMN
The Child Care for Working Families Act provides solutions to meet the care needs of all families, including those with disabled children.
By MK Falgout and Katie Hamm
FACT SHEET
The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded existing challenges for many parents in finding and affording high quality child care. Subsequently, voters strongly support increased governmental steps to help parents care for their kids and continue to work.
By John Halpin, Karl Agne, and Nisha Jain
REPORT
The Trump administration failed to deliver on its promise to make child care more affordable.
By Katie Hamm, Seth Hanlon, and Colin Seeberger
COLUMN
States can use this interactive calculator to estimate the increased cost of providing child care that meets coronavirus guidelines.
By Simon Workman and Mathew Brady
INTERACTIVE
Thousands of child care providers are at risk of permanent closure without significant public investment.
By Simon Workman and Steven Jessen-Howard
ISSUE BRIEF
New analyses reveal 1 in 4 young children have already experienced adversity before age 4, with significant racial and geographic disparities.
By Cristina Novoa and Taryn Morrissey
REPORT
States and localities recognize the need for affordable, quality infant and toddler child care and have taken steps to create solutions that better serve their communities.
By MK Falgout and Steven Jessen-Howard
COLUMN
Without federal relief funds, many child care programs will close, disproportionately affecting women’s labor force participation.
By Rasheed Malik and Taryn Morrissey
COLUMN
States such as Georgia have used grants and contracts to help increase access to affordable high-quality child care for working families.
By Taryn Morrissey and Simon Workman
ISSUE BRIEF
Less than one-fourth of infants and toddlers across a sample including 19 states and Washington, D.C., could be served by the existing licensed child care supply. The coronavirus crisis is likely to make that worse.
By Steven Jessen-Howard, Rasheed Malik, and MK Falgout
REPORT
In states and tribal communities across the country, home visitors continue to support families’ basic needs and emotional well-being throughout a period of high stress and economic instability brought on by the pandemic and recession.
By Cristina Novoa
ISSUE BRIEF
Black and multiracial parents are more likely than white parents to experience child care-related job disruptions.
By Cristina Novoa
COLUMN
The COVID-19 pandemic could cause many child care providers to remain closed permanently, especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
By Rasheed Malik, Katie Hamm, Won F. Lee, Elizabeth E. Davis, and Aaron Sojourner
ISSUE BRIEF
Working women face new caregiving challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and need structural policy change that mitigates long-term impacts on their earnings and employment, including resources to stabilize the child care industry.
By Diana Boesch and Katie Hamm
ISSUE BRIEF