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What Does Good Child Care Reform Look Like?
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Achieving high-quality early care and education for all children will require meaningful public policy interventions and investments. Effective childcare reform must tackle the current system's main problems: lack of resources for parents to stay home with very young children, lack...
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Teaching the Teachers of Our Youngest Children: The State of Early Childhood Higher Education in Maryland
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level State
State(s) Maryland
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Early childhood education preparation varies widely across the higher education industry. Multiple programs with differing curriculums suggest similar outcomes but produce highly variable levels of preparedness. This report focuses on the education landscape of early-childhood-education...
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The American Rescue Plan: Recommendations for Addressing Early Educator Compensation and Supports
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Throughout the nation, early childhood educators are struggling to meet ends meet. With the passing of the American Rescue Plan Act, unprecedented funding opportunities exist to meet the wage gap of underfunded and underpaid educators. This report contains policy suggestions that...
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Michigan needs a tune up
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Michigan
Source Michigan League for Public Policy
Policy Areas Health, Housing, Public Safety, Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Food
Michigan need to improve healthcare, education, public health, immigration regulation, families, childcare, worker skills, employment, and wages. The report explains the problems and gives recommendation to each of them....
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Declines in work supports for low-income parents
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source MassBudget
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Education
This factsheet highlights the decline in work support for low-income parents in Massachusetts over the past fifteen years. Funding cuts for early education, childcare, occupational education, and job training assistance have reduced access to workforce development and career opportunities....
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Still Shortchanging our youngest children: state payment rates for infant care 2018
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National Women's Law Center
Policy Areas Children & Families
The report lists the data analyzed by the state on payment rates for children care. The key findings are only a few states' paid the correct rate and tiered rates are higher than the recommendation level. More support and funding should be placed on children care by the government...
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Urban County Group: 2019 Trends in child well-being.
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level County
State(s) Michigan
Source Michigan League for Public Policy
Policy Areas Children & Families, Education
The report lists population, race, economic security, health, family, education, access to childcare of children in Michigan...
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Child Care Teachers Are Essential Workers—Let’s Treat Them That Way
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2020
Level County, State
State(s) All States
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education, Health, Public Safety
During the COVID-19 pandemic, early educators are being asked to serve children of other essential workers without the appropriate pay, health care, and personal protective equipment (PPE) or recognition that should come with risking their lives. This infographic outlines the risks...
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Why Do We Focus on the Prenatal-to-3 Age Period? Understanding the Importance of the Earliest years
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level State, National
State(s) All States
Source Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center
Policy Areas Health, Children & Families
The first three years of life are the most sensitive for a child’s developing brain and body. Exposure to chronic stressors during these years can lead to physical, cognitive, and emotional health problems in the future that can be costly for families and society to navigate. This...
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Improving Economic Security And Opportunity For Single Mother Households in Rhode Island
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Rhode Island
Source Center for Neighborhood Technology
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Community Development
This report examines how Rhode Island can improve economic assistance and workforce opportunities for single mothers by improving the "Rhode Island Works" cash assistance program, expanding the state childcare assistance program, increasing the minimum wage, increasing the earned...
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Phoenix Plants Hedges to Reduce Kids' Exposure to Pollution
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2021
Level State
State(s) Arizona
Source Mayor Innovation Project
Policy Areas Children & Families, Community Development, Health
Dedicated to limiting students' exposure to pollutants, Phoenix City staff, school faculty, and Arizona State University researchers planted trees and shrubs with K-8 students on unused school playgrounds. This project is poised to benefit more than 121,000 children under the age...
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Listening to workers: child care challenges in low-wage Jobs
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National Women's Law Center
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Women are the mostly likely to be engaged in low- wage jobs. Childcare is limited by high costs, provider accessibility, lack of stable care, lack of information, and eligibility concerns. Workers report scheduling problems to be a particularly big issue. This report recommends governments...
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Scranton, PA Makes City Parks a COVID-Safe Destination
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) Pennsylvania
Source Mayor Innovation Project
Policy Areas Children & Families, Health, Public Spaces
Recognizing the mental health and physical health of children in poverty who have been impacted by the COVID lockdowns, Scranton, PA launched an innovative outdoor exposure program that helped children engage with outdoor spaces. By introducing a City Parks Passports to children and...
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Baby steps: more investments needed to make child care work for Michigan families and Children
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Michigan
Source Michigan League for Public Policy
Policy Areas Children & Families
High-quality childcare is expansive in Michigan. The government needs to expand childcare services. The government must also improve payments for child care providers accepting children with subsidies and expand eligibility for child care assistance....
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The Uneven Path 2020: State Investments in Women’s Economic Security
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) Rhode Island
Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Children & Families
Economic insecurity is the root of many of the problems women and girls face in Rhode Island. Federal and state governments can help promote women’s economic security by implementing policies that promote equality and adequate earnings in the workplace and investing in programs that...
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Making Care less taxing: state Child and dependent care tax provisions.
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National Women's Law Center
Policy Areas Children & Families
Families need affordable, high-quality childcare for them to work and their children. Public investment can help families to meet the cost of the care they need, but only a limit number can access to it cuurently. Direct childcare assistance can better help the families and the state...
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High-Quality Early Childhood Assessment: Learning From States’ Use of Kindergarten Entry Assessments
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Learning Policy Institute
Policy Areas Education
Early childhood assessments, when well designed and well implemented, can support developmentally appropriate learning by providing information to guide instruction and support children's development. As early childhood programs are becoming part of many state education systems, educators...
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Raising Pay in Public K-12 Schools is Critical to Solving Staffing Shortages
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level Other
State(s) All States
Source Economic Policy Institute
Policy Areas Children & Families, Education, Finance & Procurement
Public school staffing shortages have been a persistent problem across the United States, and the recent pandemic has only intensified the issue. Low pay for K-12 teachers and support staff is a long standing factor in public school staffing shortages. This report suggests ways in...
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Undervalued: a brief history of women's care work and child care policy in the United States
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National Women's Law Center
Policy Areas Children & Families
Childcare produces tremendous benefits for the child, the family, and society, but is currently undervalued by policy makers. Women employed in the childcare industry are living just above the poverty line. The government can increase childcare funding, improving pay of people working...
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State(s) of Head Start
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level State
State(s) All States
Source National Institute for Early Education Research
Policy Areas Children & Families, Education
Head Start is a comprehensive child development program that provides education and support services to children and their families. Despite the fact that Head Start is a federally funded, national program, this report reveals that access to Head Start programs, funding per child,...
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50-State Early Educator Policy and Practice Research
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Early childhood education across the nation varies between and within states. Level of education and qualification of staff and teachers is inconsistent within the fragmented policy landscape, resulting in inequitable levels of early childhood education. This report summarizes research...
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Strengthening the Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Identity of Early Educators: The Impact of the California SEIU Early Educator Apprenticeship Program
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) California
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Launched in 2016, the California SEIU Early Educator Apprenticeship Program was meant to help educators in underserved communities to build skills and knowledge, shrinking the educational equity gap in the process. This study focuses on the outcome of the various implementations of...
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Early Educator Preparation and Compensation Policies: Voices from 10 States
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
This report illustrates the state of Early Education through interviews with practitioners from 10 states. The views of key stakeholders build a qualitative narrative of the experience within the early education institution, which suggests that across the 10 states, implementation...
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Early Care and Education Programs During COVID-19: Persistent Inequities and Emerging Challenges
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level State
State(s) California
Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education
Funding for early childhood education (ECE) has been short of meeting the needs of citizens well before the pandemic. The limitations imposed by COVID-19 only exacerbated the situation. This study focuses on the complexity of financial procurement of funding for operations of ECE...
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2012 San Antonio Ordinance 0603 Establishing a Sales and Use Tax Election
Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) Texas
Source City of San Antonio
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This ordinance establishes an election to authorize the city to levy a minor sales and use tax that would generate funding for early child development and education services in the city. It also provides election logistics including dates, locations, and permitted voting methods....
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