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To Make the Child Care System More Equitable, Expand Options for Parents Working Nontraditional Hours

Nontraditional hour work schedules shape the types of child care families can access, which can limit their opportunities to work, earn a living wage, and support their kids’ healthy development.
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Three Things for the New Administration to Know about How Young Children Are Weathering the Pandemic

Quick and comprehensive intervention can help ensure young children are not playing catch-up for the rest of their lives.
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Working Parents Are Relying on Others to Help with Their Children’s Distance Learning. But Who’s Helping the Helpers?

15 million parents with school-age children engaged in remote learning report that no adult in their household had moved to telework because of the pandemic.
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Without Additional Support, Nearly Four Million Children Younger Than 6 Will Experience Poverty This Fall

Three in 10 young Black children and nearly a quarter of young Hispanic children are projected to experience poverty from August to December.
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Six Strategies for a More Inclusive Understanding of How COVID-19 is Affecting Families’ Child Care Needs

How researchers can apply racial equity and community engagement lenses to data collection.
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Finding Solutions to Support Child Care during COVID-19

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply of child care, both in centers and in home-based settings.
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For Unemployed Parents, Child Care Remains a Question Mark

Child care assistance can support economic recovery and remove barriers lower-income families face when trying to reenter the labor force.
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Want to Understand What Child Care Programs Need during the Pandemic? These Five Survey Tips Could Help

These survey tips can help state and local leaders understand how child care programs and their staff are faring and what it will take to reopen and recover from the pandemic.
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COVID-19’s Disproportionate Effects on Children of Color Will Challenge the Next Generation

Rapid and expansive cross-sector action could help narrow the racial and ethnic disparities among young people.
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What Would It Take to Create the Child Welfare System Families Say They Need?

Families envision a system that provides support before they are in crisis, but doing so may require transforming how the system currently works.

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