Thousands of child care providers are at risk of permanent closure without significant public investment.

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.

A new analysis of child care supply in every U.S. neighborhood finds that approximately half the country has too few licensed child care options.

Many child care programs will be unable to reopen without significant federal support, causing existing shortages to skyrocket and leaving the millions who rely on child care to work in a bind.

A state-by-state analysis of the true cost of infant and toddler child care finds it is unaffordable for most working families.

Nearly 5 million health workers may need emergency child care in order to fulfill work responsibilities during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 Steven Jessen-Howard and Simon Workman, “Coronavirus. Pandemic Could Lead to Permanent Loss of Nearly 4.5 Mil- lion Child Care Slots,” Center for American ...

Across the country, expensive and limited child care options are causing parents to interrupt their jobs and make other financial sacrifices.

A new analysis of child care supply by age group finds that child care deserts are largely a product of extremely sparse infant and toddler care.

Aug 4, 2020. Steven Jessen-Howard, ...