Rural Communities Need Federal Child Care Investments

Targeted, long-term investments would help the many families in rural America who desperately need child care.

Increasing America’s Child Care Supply

With additional funding, an existing federal subsidy program could forestall closures and supply losses in the child care sector until policymakers secure meaningful investments.

Child Care Supply by Congressional District

This interactive provides information about the supply of child care in every congressional district.

Optimizing Distribution of American Rescue Plan Funds To Stabilize Child Care

Community-based intermediary organizations can help states quickly deliver the American Rescue Plan’s $24 billion child care relief and stabilization fund to child care providers.

How Child Care Disruptions Hurt Parents of Color Most

Black and multiracial parents are more likely than white parents to experience child care-related job disruptions.

How a High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit Would Benefit Millennial Families

The High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit offers a new opportunity to increase child care options while maintaining affordability for the families who need it most—including Millennial parents.

3 Ways Federal Investments Can Address Child Care Deserts in America

Comprehensive, sustained investments in child care can create historic opportunities to transform the system by building supply, expanding affordability, and supporting the workforce.

The Build Back Better Act Substantially Expands Child Care Assistance

The Build Back Better Act ensures child care assistance for 16 times as many young children as under current law, and in some states, it would help state child care agencies reach more than 25 times as many children and their families.

RELEASE: CAP Report Analyzes Costs of Child Care for Infants and Toddlers, Need for Increased Public Support