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ACF has awarded $5.1 million to expand Kinship Navigator Programs
The funding is intended to help kin caregivers find services and resources for children in their care.
PolicyChild Care
OhioKAN trial on caregiver and child outcomes
Caregivers in the intervention group reported higher satisfaction with program services, accessibility of community resources, and resourcefulness to meet their children’s needs three months after intake.
ResearchChild Care
Federal support came after grandfamilies pressed to be seen
Later in the response efforts, federal legislation specifically called out supports for grandfamilies by providing unique federal funding flexibilities for kinship navigator programs and by funding the first ever National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families.
ResearchChild Care
Friends Center provides free housing to 10 teachers
Friends Center’s teacher housing initiative covers the full cost of housing for select staff.
WorkforceChild Care
Home-based providers and payment delays
For providers running programs out of their homes, a delay can quickly become a question of whether they can pay staff, buy food or keep the doors open.
WorkforceChild Care
Project 2029 would let families choose how care is arranged
Its Child Care Choice Guarantee would pair a free publicly funded childcare place with a monthly $1,000 CareCredit, including a hybrid option for families with a parent who works part-time.
PolicyChild Care
A UK pledge would make childcare support less vulnerable to a pay rise
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the £100,000 childcare cliff edge, under which earning one pound too much can leave families thousands of pounds worse off.
PolicyChild Care
New York City’s free 2-K rollout reaches a payment test
Roughly 2,000 two-year-olds got seats.
PolicyChild Care
Kentucky program subsidizes care for childcare workers
The program subsidizes care for workers who work at least 20 hours a week at a center, regardless of household income.
WorkforceChild Care
Childcare fee overhaul to be announced in Tuesday’s budget
The proposed changes could save parents of younger children at least €1,000 a year, but the final fees and savings were still being negotiated.
PolicyChild Care
Denver’s universal-childcare proposal faces a supply test
Mayor Mike Johnston wants childcare for all by 2031, but Denver must define the program, find funding and close a wide gap in care for younger children.
PolicyChild Care
San Francisco has expanded Early Learning for All
But some are choosing between money and daycare providers they love.
PolicyChild Care
Utah narrows childcare subsidy eligibility after federal funding loss
Utah reduced subsidy income eligibility limits, and about 900 families expect to lose subsidies completely.
PolicyChild Care
Gen Z voters want the federal government to spend more on childcare
Nearly 60 percent of Gen Z voters favor increasing federal spending on childcare.
PolicyChild Care
Thousands wait for daycare in Quebec City
Cyndie Caron returned to work part time and uses private daycare twice a week; the non-subsidized spot costs $70 a day.
PolicyChild Care
Parental competition negatively associates with childcare quality
A Quebec study measures childcare quality through inspection violations and penalties, finding the association with parental competition strongest in less affluent neighbourhoods.
ResearchChild Care
Rodriguez proposes a 7% child-care cap
Her campaign says state grants would cover remaining costs and supported providers would pay at least $18 an hour.
PolicyChild Care
Prekindergarten expansion and child-care supply in Wisconsin
The research finds no association with licensed center-based supply, but a negative association for licensed family child-care supply.
ResearchChild Care
Trump administration proposes diverting CCDF funds
The Trump administration is proposing a new plan to divert CCDF funds from current recipients and give the resources to married couples with a stay-at-home parent.
PolicyChild Care
Board of Health vote scheduled on paid parental leave proposal
The proposal would give eligible workers at businesses with 15 or more employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave, if it clears the Board of Health and County Council.
PolicyChild Care
A proposed district targets child care beyond standard shifts
Funding will cover startup, planning, and formation costs.
PolicyChild Care
Child care costs in Wayne County
In Wayne County, businesses lose an estimated $30.7 million each year, and approximately 7,028 workers experienced employment disruptions related to child care challenges during the past year.
BusinessChild Care
New Mexico’s childcare program faces growing pains
About 48,000 children receive free child care, but parents still report trouble finding center spots.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
Childcare benefits for workers
A Durham center and a Watauga County initiative are helping workers pay for their own children’s care as providers seek to retain staff.
WorkforceBusinessPolicyChild Care
Parent-paid care can hinge on an extraordinary-care assessment
States are trying to pay parents caring for children with complex needs, but one North Dakota family was denied after its care needs were assessed.
PolicyWorkforceChild CareDisability
Kids Thrive Fund Aims to Help 800 to 1,000 Families
A voter-approved sales tax will support a January fund aiming to help 800 to 1,000 families, though local leaders say it will not meet all demand for child-care aid.
PolicyChild Care
Grand County sets quarterly stipends for child-care educators
Eligible teachers at nonprofit learning centers will receive $1,000 or $600 quarterly, depending on classroom hours.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
CYFD Did Not Spend Its $2 Million 2024 Appropriation
New Mexico’s early missed opioid-fund spending and California’s pending nursing rate increase show the operating steps between public funding and family support.
PolicyChild Care
California Rate Increase Puts Staffing Test Ahead
Aveanna says it will raise wages and recruit ahead of a Jan. 1, 2027 pediatric private-duty nursing rate increase.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
New York City Makes a Child-Care Benefit a Workplace Seat
The Little Apple gives municipal employees 40 free child-care places, while Massachusetts evidence shows why a benefit still depends on capacity and educator pay.
PolicyBusinessChild Care
Massachusetts Evidence Links Access to Educator Pay
Eighty-nine percent of surveyed Massachusetts mothers said they would use formal child care if it were free.
ResearchWorkforceChild Care
A Remote Pilot Tests Culinary Workshops and Coaching for Cancer Caregivers
Drexel University and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tested culinary workshops and coaching for caregivers feeding children during cancer treatment.
ResearchChild Care
Senate committee advances child-care tax outreach bill
The proposal would create an IRS liaison to help employers use existing child-care tax incentives, but it still needs Senate action before it can take effect.
PolicyBusinessChild Care
West Virginia child-care law remains partly unimplemented
West Virginia DoHS has implemented one billing change, while the bulk of an enacted child-care law remains delayed after a July 1 deadline.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
More adults are balancing children, parents and work
A Pew report cited by the New York Post says more than half of Americans in their 40s are in the sandwich generation, while Care.com survey findings describe career and financial strain.
WorkforceElder CareChild Care
Medicaid's 2027 rules create a coverage test for parents
Federal work reporting requirements will apply to expanded-Medicaid states. The new rule clarifies why many parents and caretaker relatives should not lose coverage.
PolicyChild CareGeneral
Massachusetts Wage Proposal Links Worker Pay to Child-Care Access
Jeff Liebman estimates a $6 per hour wage increase would raise formal child-care enrollment from 53 percent to 65 percent in five years; the state would cover the cost.
ResearchWorkforcePolicyChild Care
Texas Cuts Approximately 14,000 Child-Care Scholarship Seats
The Texas Workforce Commission voted to cut 9.5% of the state's child care scholarships, approximately 14,000 seats for children.
PolicyChild Care
HHS Projects Head Start Slot Gains From Proposed Rule
HHS says lower administrative costs could preserve or expand as many as 236,000 Head Start slots nationwide; the evidence reports a proposal, not measured gains.
PolicyChild Care
Child care pay gap widens despite policy changes
Brookings reports the earnings gap between child care workers and women overall widened from roughly $20,000 to $28,000 a year, adjusted for inflation.
WorkforcePolicyChild Care
Pennsylvania Raises Child Care Bonuses; Medicaid Covers Over 26 Percent
Pennsylvania's larger recruitment and retention payments arrive as updated Georgetown data show Medicaid covered over 26 percent of child care workers in 2024.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
Medicaid Coverage Still Supports Child Care Workers
A Georgetown update says Medicaid covered over 26 percent of child care workers in 2024 and identifies insurance gaps.
PolicyWorkforceChild Care
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