Families working nontraditional hours face challenges finding child care, and child care services they do use tend to receive less support from public funds.
Federal and state policymakers can work to ensure worries based on immigration status do not deter immigrant families from seeking help for which they qualify.
Over the past decade, there have been renewed investments in and research on two-generation programs that help parents and their children move out of poverty together.
Municipal broadband is one example of how the federal government can promote local policy innovation, even in states that tend to preempt a broader range of local laws.
Our State-by-State Spending on Kids Dataset offers the most comprehensive account of public spending on children available, and it gives state and federal administrators the data they need to make informed decisions amid pandemic relief.
