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Recent Study: There’s a Strong ROI for Employers That Support Parents

Business leaders looking to boost their return on investment might do well to look at one area that’s a good bet: child care. A recent study, conducted by Vivvi and The Fifth Trimester, found nearly $18 in benefits for every $1 organizations spent on support for employees with children.

Investing in Child Care Offers a Rare Glimpse of Cross-Partisan Agreement

These days, it’s hard to find almost anything people agree on anymore. Fox News or MSNBC? Is a hot dog considered a sandwich? Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce be engaged by summer?

The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

San Antonio College has a whole building designed for pupils who are much younger than the typical college student.

Biden to push for return of expanded child tax credit in State of the Union speech

by Ariana Figueroa, Arizona Mirror WASHINGTON — Top White House economic officials said Tuesday that President Joe Biden will announce how his administration is tackling economic issues — from the housing crisis to restoring the expansion of the child tax credit — during this week’s State

VP Kamala Harris announces landmark legislation that will lower childcare costs for 100,000 families

Childcare costs continue to surge nationwide, disproportionately affecting low-income families and caregivers for foster children and those with disabilities and other special needs.

ED and HHS Urge States to Make Headway on Mixed Delivery Preschool

Earlier this week, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released a joint Dear Colleague letter urging leaders to work with local education agencies (LEAs) and early childhood partners to serve more children in preschool through a mixed-delivery approach.

New: Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Child Care Tax Incentives Introduced

The New PACE Act: Today, U.S. House Reps.

Chavez-DeRemer, colleagues introduce bill to address child care workforce shortage

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Mike Lawler (NY-17) to introduce bipartisan legislation Wednesday that aims to address the child care workforce shortage.

Parents Would Get Up to $8,000 Under New Democratic Bill

In a move to support American families grappling with the surging costs of child care, Democratic Senators Bob Casey, Patty Murray and Ron Wyden have introduced the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2024.

One thing that Republicans and Democrats agree on about the economy? The cost of raising kids.

Eighty-four percent of respondents agreed that “being a parent today is financially harder than ever before,” according to a recent survey published by Common Sense Media, a children’s-advocacy group. There was “intense” agreement on that statement even across party lines, the survey said.