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Rasheed A. Malik is the senior director of Early Childhood Policy at American Progress. His work focuses on child care infrastructure and supply, the economic benefits of child care, and bias and discrimination in early childhood policy. Malik’s research has been featured in or cited by The New York Times, Vox, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, CNNBusiness, and CNBC, among others.
Prior to joining American Progress, Malik was a government affairs and communications associate for the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, an organization with the goal of making the New York Harbor a shared, resilient, and accessible resource for all New Yorkers.
Malik holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in public affairs from Baruch College. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two young children.
Without federal relief funds, many child care programs will close, disproportionately affecting women’s labor force participation.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic could cause many child care providers to remain closed permanently, especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
Child care is expensive and scarce for children under age 3, when the benefits from quality child care are highest.
New data show that child care expenses amount to 35 percent of low-income families’ earnings.
This interactive provides information about the supply of child care in every congressional district.
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.
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.
In an era of skyrocketing child care prices, the District of Columbia’s offer of two years of free, high-quality preschool has been a game changer for working families.
These 10 state facts sheets provide comprehensive new information on the number of rural families served by Head Start, including rates of health service delivery.
Head Start helps fill a critical void in early childhood education and service delivery in rural America.
States have a critical role to play in expanding access to high-quality early childhood programs to ensure all children have the best start in life.
