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New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website
AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
The President’s Proposed Budget Would Strip Child Care Access from Student Parents
CCAMPIS is a critical program helping thousands of student parents access quality child care.
Improving Child Care for Student Parents Starts with Better Institutional Data
Student parents need child care to succeed. Here’s how two colleges are using data to better support their parenting student populations.
What States Can do to Help College Students Get Child Care Support
States can help students access Child Care and Development Funds. Here’s how.
Child Care Support Services Are an Overlooked Strategy for Re-Enrolling Adult Learners
Community colleges focusing on re-enrolling adult learners should consider highlighting and/or improving their child care services as a key
How One Community College Is Leveraging Perkins to Support Student Parents
Perkins funding can be used to support student parents in career and technical education programs
Expand Support for Parenting Students by Defending and Strengthening Public Benefits
Strengthening public benefits to help graduate more student parents from college and is commonsense policy.
Unlocking the Full Potential of CCAMPIS for Student Parents
Funding limitations and barriers keep many parenting students from accessing child care. Federal policymakers can act to expand support.
Viewing Student Parent Homelessness through an Equity Lens
Black and Latino parents experience homelessness at greater rates, reflecting systemic barriers to economic and educational success.
States Should Invest in Postsecondary Child Care Grants
Parenting students need help to pay for child care. States can help by offering postsecondary child care grants that support student parents
Child Care Centers on Campus Alone Don’t Solve the Problem
On-campus child care centers are not a sufficient to support child care for student parents. We need other supports too.