Child Care Aware® of America is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2024 Board of Directors opens on August 18!
During the COVID-19 pandemic, child care gained unprecedented levels of funding and public and policymaker support. Now more than ever, we need to capitalize on that growing support to build a sustainable child care system that works for families, child care providers, businesses, and communities and fuels our economic prosperity and wellbeing.
CCAoA’s vision is that every family in the United States has access to a high-quality, affordable child care system. We work to realize that vision by:
Negotiations for annual federal funding are in full swing, and we have a fight ahead to ensure child care and early education programs receivethe necessary investments to support children, families, and communities.
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As the much-anticipated Congressional August recess approaches, it is important to note all that has happened since the start of the 118 th Congress in January. Over the past seven months, there have been several child care and early education bills introduced and reintroduced. Congress is also busy in the middle of the annual appropriations process, with appropriations committee and subcommittee bill markups currently happening.
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