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12:54 ET Department of Commerce Releases CHIPS Act Child Care Planning Guide

The United States Department of Commerce today released a planning guide to provide additional information about child care requirements for...

Jan 25, 2023, 10:15 ET New report highlights parent and provider stories and deepens our understanding of the child care crisis

Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) today released The Year in Child Care: 2021 Data, Analysis and Recommendations, the final installment in the...

Jan 24, 2019, 10:19 ET New Report Shows Nonstandard Hours of Work Cause More Obstacles for Families and Children

Today, Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) released its Nonstandard Hours (NSH) Paper: "It's About Time! Parents Who Work Nonstandard Hours Face...

Oct 22, 2018, 10:00 ET Child Care Aware® of America's 12th Annual Cost of Care Report Shows Child Care Outpaces Nearly All Other Family Expenses Nationwide

Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) today released its 12th annual The US and the High Cost of Child Care: A Review of Prices and Proposed Solutions ...

Apr 12, 2018, 12:23 ET Parents From Across the Nation Travel to D.C. to Advocate for Affordable, Quality Child Care

Child care is unaffordable in all 50 states, outpacing in-state college tuition and housing costs in many areas. With more than 11 million children...

Feb 07, 2018, 12:57 ET As Child Care Costs Outpace College Tuition, Child Care Aware® of America Calls for Congressional, Trump Administration Action on Affordable, Quality Child Care

With millions of American families struggling to afford and access quality child care, and early childhood education costs outpacing college tuition, ...

Dec 12, 2017, 09:04 ET Child Care Aware® of America's 11th Annual Cost of Care Report Shows Child Care Outpaces Nearly All Other Family Expenses Nationwide

Child Care Aware® of America today released its annual Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2017 report, which found that child care is...

Jul 13, 2017, 10:00 ET National Organization Provides Snapshots of State Child Care Landscape

Child Care Aware® of America, the nation's leading voice for child care, today announced the release of its annual State Fact Sheets, Checking In: A...

Apr 20, 2017, 13:15 ET Advocates to Rally for Child Care on Capitol Hill April 25

On April 25, Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) will host child care advocates and parents from across the country on Capitol Hill to urge...

Mar 08, 2017, 17:28 ET Op-Ed: Dear Ivanka, If you want to fix child care, don't start with women like me

Commentary by Michelle McCready, chief of policy at Child Care Aware of America: When I heard you utter the words "affordable, quality child care for ...