Changing immigration policies are creating fear and uncertainty for child care providers and the families they serve. Across the country, providers say attendance is dropping and routines are being disrupted as immigrant communities navigate growing instability.
Washington, D.C.’s pay equity fund for early educators may be on the chopping block, alarming providers who say the program helped stabilize a workforce long plagued by low wages. Advocates warn cuts could worsen staffing shortages and threaten access to child care.
New Mexico’s new universal child care system is already reshaping daily life for families by lowering costs and expanding access. Advocates say the program offers a model for what state-level investment in care infrastructure can look like.
A Senate apprenticeship bill is a sensible start, but falls short of the system-building investment we need.
New America is partnering with the Zaentz Early Education Initiative to highlight bright spots from civic innovators across the country to spark innovative ideas, fuel evidence-based decision-making, and accelerate deeper, more sustained systems-building.
States are exploring child tax credits as a way to ease financial pressure on families after the expanded federal credit expired. Supporters say these programs can reduce child poverty and improve family stability, though their reach and impact vary widely by state.
Explore why high-quality kindergarten is both possible and necessary with author and Senior Fellow Laura Bornfreund in conversation with the Hechinger Report’s Christina Samuels.
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