Child Care Aware® of America Launches Local Vroom® Pilots to Advance Child Care Advocacy as Part of Bezos Family Foundation Grant
February 6, 2026
Child Care Aware® of America Applauds Bipartisan Efforts to Fund Child Care and Early Learning
February 3, 2026
Child Care Aware® of America Urges Senate Action on Funding Bills
January 27, 2026
UPDATE: Child Care Aware® of America on Potential Child Care Funding Freeze and Reports of Fraud
January 13, 2026
Child Care Aware® of America Urges the Administration and Congress to End the Shutdown
October 23, 2025
Child Care Aware® of America Supports Introduction of the Child Care Modernization Act
September 17, 2025
States Step Up, but Child Care Funding Gaps Remain: New CCAoA Report Highlights 2025 Legislative Wins and Risks Ahead
September 16, 2025
New Report Finds U.S. Child Care System Is Failing and Economists Say It’s Time for Bold Action
July 9, 2025
CCAoA Reacts to President Trump’s FY26 Budget
June 3, 2025
CCAoA Statement on House Budget Reconciliation Bill
May 22, 2025
Statement on potential elimination of funding for Head Start
April 14, 2025
Associated Press
Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price
April 9, 2025
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Organizations Are Key to Thriving Communities
March 20, 2025
Child Care Aware of America Reacts to Federal Funding Pause
January 28, 2025
Child Care Aware® of America welcomes new board members
January 15, 2025
NBC News
Child care cost as much as rent for many families at inflation's peak, new data shows
November 26, 2024
Business Insider
2 counties voted to make childcare more affordable. Taxpayers will owe more, but it takes a cost burden off parents.
November 8, 2024
Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care
November 8, 2024
Child Care Aware of America urges incoming Administration and Congress to strengthen child care
November 6, 2024
Statement on the end of federal relief funding for child care
October 23, 2024
Child care or rent? In these cities, child care is now the greater expense
September 27, 2024
How to pick a preschool without becoming overwhelmed
September 11, 2024
Child-care costs keep rising faster than overall prices
August 15, 2024
Feminism NOW Podcast
June 7, 2024
Child Care Aware® of America Inspires Communities to Celebrate Provider Appreciation Day®
May 10, 2024
New Child Care and Development Fund Policies Will Promote Access, Affordability and Stability
February 29, 2024
The military is opening more childcare centers, but thousands of kids remain on waitlists
January 2, 2024
Child Care Aware® of America Welcomes New Board Members
December 11, 2023
Child Care Aware® of America Awarded $5 Million to Advance an Equitable Child Care System
December 7, 2023
Statement from CCAoA on the White House Call for Congress to Invest $16 Billion in Child Care
October 26, 2023
Child Care Aware of America Chief Executive Officer Susan Gale Perry Awarded Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship
October 10, 2023
Parents navigate challenges and costs of child care
August 23, 2023
CCAoA Statement on the Maui Wildfires
August 17, 2023
What’s behind the US’s worsening child care crisis?
February 14, 2023
Congressman – and first time dad – says men need to step up on child care solutions
February 14, 2023
1 in 4 parents report being fired for work interruptions due to child care breakdowns
February 14, 2023
Child care is already unaffordable for many families. Experts worry a spike could be ahead.
February 14, 2023
New report highlights parent and provider stories and deepens our understanding of the child care crisis
January 25, 2023
The pandemic intensified the childcare crisis—and it could be a permanent and expensive problem for working parents
January 9, 2023
CCAoA Statement on Congressional Passage of FY23 Omnibus Spending Bill
December 23, 2022
McCready Named CCAoA Interim CEO
December 13, 2022
New Mexico voted a child care guarantee into its constitution. For one mom, it means her 8-year-old doesn’t worry about money anymore
December 7, 2022
State Legislature Roundup
November 15, 2022
Yes, Inflation is Making Child Care Cost More
October 20, 2022
New Report Finds that Increases in the Price of Child Care Continue to Exceed the Rate of Inflation
October 13, 2022
The child care crisis just keeps getting worse
September 27, 2022
Catalyzing Growth: Using Data to Change Child Care
September 14, 2022
Child Care Aware® of America CEO Resignation Announcement
August 16, 2022
CCAoA Statement on the Inflation Reduction Act
July 28, 2022
As vaccines for younger U.S. children roll out, the effects on day care centers may be muted.
June 30, 2022
CCAoA Statement on Texas School Shooting
May 25, 2022
CCAoA to Lead Provider Appreciation Day® on May 6
April 26, 2022
Unite/Disrupt/Transform with Child Care Aware of America
April 15, 2022
The American Rescue Plan’s Child Care Test Run
April 11, 2022
The States with the Most and Least Affordable Child Care
March 31, 2022
The cost of childcare: How to fix a system on the brink
March 31, 2022
The US needs a human rights-focused child care agenda
March 29, 2022
OPINION: We can longer afford to neglect child care providers and our littlest learners
March 23, 2022
Grandparents As First Responders? Makes Sense.
March 6, 2022
Child care workers are going hungry: 'We have a dollar store in town and sadly fill up on cheap junk to survive'
March 6, 2022
A historic child care investment saved centers from collapse. What happens when the money runs out?
March 3, 2022
Child care now costs more than $10,000 per year on average—here’s why that’s a problem
February 21, 2022
CCAoA CEO Featured on Actor Wilmer Valderrama's Podcast
February 16, 2022
Child-care costs are outpacing inflation — the average cost of daycare for infants now exceeds in-state college tuition fees
February 14, 2022
16,000 Shuttered Child Care Programs Push the Sector Closer to Collapse
February 14, 2022
America’s Childcare Providers Are Still Struggling to Survive
February 11, 2022
New Report Finds Fewer Child Care Providers and Increased Prices, Highlighting Need for Significant Federal Investment in Child Care
February 8, 2022
Mario Cardona Selected for Pahara Fellowship for Education Leaders
February 3, 2022
CCAoA Expands Disaster Preparedness Project in Midwest States
January 20, 2022
COVID Underscored the Need for Early Childhood Education. Are Fundraisers Seeing More Support?
January 12, 2022
Federal Aid Is Propping Up Child Care. It Isn't a Long-Term Fix.
January 12, 2022
WATCH: Helms joins CCAoA Board of Directors
January 4, 2022
CCAoA Statement on House Passage of Build Back Better Act
November 19, 2021
How the pandemic has forced a new generation of latchkey kids
November 15, 2021
Biden's finishing what Obama started with early learning
October 27, 2021
Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
October 27, 2021
'Crisis level': Child care providers grapple with a worker shortage as federal relief is slow to help
October 10, 2021
Biden's child, elder care proposals come with a hefty price tag. But can they transform the industry?
September 30, 2021
Can the U.S. create universal pre-K without repeating past mistakes?
September 30, 2021
Families struggle to afford childcare
September 29, 2021
Lessons on Child Care, From the Military
August 31, 2021
COVID-19's Impact on the Child Care Industry
August 21, 2021
Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
July 19, 2021
5 Signs You're Financially Ready to Have a Baby
June 29, 2021
Guest Opinion: Ensuring early childhood systems work
June 8, 2021
States have never had this much money for child care. Could this be a turning point for the industry?
May 24, 2021
Investments in child care facilities are critical to building a more equitable system of care
May 14, 2021
CCAoA to Lead Provider Appreciation Day on May 7
May 3, 2021
America can't afford the cost of inaction on child care
April 30, 2021
President Biden’s proposal could save some families nearly $15,000 a year on child care
April 28, 2021
Our second COVID summer: Finding care and enrichment opportunities for your school-age child
April 23, 2021
CCAoA Collaborates with The WIT Project to Improve Website and Provide Real-World Experience for Women STEM Students
April 19, 2021
The child care industry collapsed during COVID-19, so Biden's giving it $39B from the stimulus
April 15, 2021
Working families face a childcare crisis. This panel will explain how it affects us all
April 9, 2021
Mass Exodus: Pandemic Forces Women Out of the Workforce
April 2, 2021
Child Care in Crisis: Can Biden’s Plan Save It?
March 31, 2021
COVID-19 shattered childcare. Experts want to fix it
March 29, 2021
If Not Now, When? It’s Time to Transform Child Care
March 22, 2021
CCAoA Statement in Support of AAPI Community
March 19, 2021
Billions of Covid relief dollars are going to child care. Here’s why advocates say more needs to be done to fix the crisis
March 18, 2021
Child Care Providers Get Billions in Covid-19 Relief Law
March 15, 2021
CDC updates safety guidelines for child care centers as many struggle to stay in business
March 13, 2021
Covering the Pandemic Child Care Crisis
February 24, 2021
She was arrested for leaving her kids while she worked. An outpouring of sympathy followed.
February 19, 2021
‘It’s not going to solve the problem’: Democrats unveil ambitious child-care tax credit, but will it be enough?
February 9, 2021
The Cost of Child Care: Know Your Options
February 8, 2021
CCAoA Data Featured on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
February 4, 2021
They've nurtured our babies through COVID-19 horrors; now, child care workers aren't sure when they'll get vaccinated
February 1, 2021
About 700,000 parents with young kids left the workforce in 2020. For many, loss of child care was to blame.
January 13, 2021
Child Care is Essential for Economic Recovery
December 26, 2020
Coronavirus takes toll on Black, Latino child care providers
December 7, 2020
