HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START DATA
Federal Budget Update
Child Care and Development Block Grant Related Data
Key Child Care Licensing Resources
Child Care Subsidy Research & Reports
TANF Funding Used for Child Care
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Working Women
State Pre-Kindergarten Programs
National Assessment of Educational Progress (2019 Report Results)
Studies Related to Diversity & Bias
The BUILD Initiative, 2016 QRIS Conference
The BUILD Initiative, 2015 QRIS Conference
The BUILD Initiative, 2014 QRIS Conference
Early Childhood Workforce Data
Joint Tax Committee Estimates
HHS Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
State Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Background
The BUILD Initiative, 2017 QRIS Conference
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2020
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2019
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2018
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2017
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2016
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2015
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Background
FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations
Continuing Resolutions
Mecklenburg County, NC
Early Childhood Expansion Initiative
Funding:
Policy Background:
Prior Year CCDBG Data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wages
The BUILD Initiative, 2019 QRIS Conference
The BUILD Initiative, 2018 QRIS Conference
FY2019 Omnibus Appropriations
On September 18, 2018 the Senate approved HR 6157, the “minibus” reflecting a combined FY2019 Department of Defense and Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations conference report by a vote of 93-7. The measure also included an extension of funding authority through December 7, 2018 for annual appropriation bills not yet approved. More information can be found here.
The Committee for Economic Development (CED)
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Creating an Integrated Efficient Early Care and Education System to Support Children and Families: A State-by-State Analysis (December 2018)
Poverty:
Committee for Economic Development
FY2018 CCDBG Data
FY2020 Omnibus Appropriations
On December 20, 2019, the FY2020 non-defense consolidated appropriations bill (HR 1865, PL116-94) was signed into law containing 8 appropriations bills including the FY2020 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations measure and a revenue package. The FY2020 defense and related agencies consolidated appropriations bill (HR 1158, PL116-93) was also signed into law on December 20.
The CARES Act, March 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, March 27, 2020 (P.L.116-136)
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), March 18, 2020, (P.L.116-127)
Fiscal Year 2020 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, March 6, 2020, (P.L. 116-123)
Early Childhood Alliance and Child Care Solutions, Onondaga County, NY
Bipartisan Policy Committee, Child Care in 25 States: What we know and don't know, Full Report (October 2020)
Why do parents pay so much for child care when early educators earn so little? (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Infographic
Child Care Cost Infographics
Child Care Facilities
Early Learning Facilities Policy Framework (Bipartisan Policy Center, November 2018)
From the Ground Up: Improving Child Care and Early Learning Facilities (Bipartisan Policy Center, May 2019)
Child Care Facilities: Quality Matters (Bipartisan Policy Center, March 2020)
Child Care Infrastructure and COVID-19: A New Reality (Bipartisan Policy Center, June 2020)
Community Development Financial Institutionsfor Child Care: An Explainer (Bipartisan Policy Center, 2020)
Biden-Harris Administration Transition Memo, Opportunities for Advancing the Nation’s Early Care and Learning Infrastructure (National Children's Facilities Network, Dec. 2020)
COVID-19 Congressional Action in Brief:
The FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations and COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act (December 27, 2021, (P.L. 116-260)
COVID-19 Relief: Child Care Funding Increase ($10 billion)
COVID-19 Relief: SBA Paycheck Protection Program & EIDL
COVID-19 Relief: Unemployment Compensation
COVID-19 Relief: Tax Extenders
2021 HHS Poverty Guidelines (January 2021)