Statement from CCAoA on the White House Call for Congress to Invest $16 Billion in Child Care

By CCAoA on October 26, 2023

 

Child Care Aware® of America applauds the White House for calling on Congress to invest an additional $16 billion in child care stabilization grants over the next year. Proposed funding would bolster the nation’s fragile child care system as current American Rescue Plan Act stabilization grant funding expired at the end of September. Stabilization grants have been critical to helping families return to work and rebuilding the supply of child care to pre-pandemic levels. Grants helped offset fixed costs and raise the wages of the child care workforce beyond the average $14 per hour in what remains a tight labor market.  

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Child Care Aware of America Chief Executive Officer Susan Gale Perry Awarded Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship

By CCAoA on October 10, 2023

Perry joins cohort building intergenerational family prosperity and well-being 

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Parents navigate challenges and costs of child care

By CCAoA on August 22, 2023

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The cost of child care is on the rise in the U.S., up more than 14% over the last five years with the average cost per child at almost $11,000 per year.

CCAoA's CEO Susan Gale Perry shares how critical high quality child care is for families in the U.S. 

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Child care advocates seek solutions as pandemic-era federal funding winds down

By CCAoA on August 22, 2023

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CCAoA Statement on the Maui Wildfires

By Susan Gale Perry on August 17, 2023

On behalf of the entire Child Care Aware of America team, we offer our sympathies to those who have lost family and friends and wish those who were injured a quick recovery. Our thoughts are with the people of Maui and all of Hawai’i. It is hard to grasp how so many lost their lives, their homes, their livelihoods and so much more.  

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Bipartisan Senate Committee Approves FY2024 Child Care Funding

By CCAoA on July 27, 2023

Senate committee approves increased investment in our country’s child care and early learning system  

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Child Care Aware® of America’s latest report shows that child care sector supply increased on the heels of over $50b investment

By CCAoA on May 16, 2023

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ARLINGTON, VA, May 16, 2023 – Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) today released an update to the organization’s series, Catalyzing Growth: Using Data to Change Child Care. The release includes new child care supply, quality and affordability data from 2022.

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Child Care Aware® of America Celebrates Provider Appreciation Day®

By CCAoA on May 12, 2023

Organization recognizes and celebrates efforts of child care providers

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What makes child care providers awesome: Parents share their appreciation

By CCAoA on May 12, 2023

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This week marks Teacher Appreciation Week. But preschool teachers — as well as daycare providers and nannies — don't always get the recognition, respect or pay that K-12 educators receive.

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Child Care Aware of America Names Susan Gale Perry as Chief Executive Officer

By CCAoA on May 05, 2023

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