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📖 RAPID Survey storybook: Sharing child care providers’ voices and experiences This new publication from RAPID Survey Project shares the joys, challenges, and insights that providers have shared with the RAPID Survey Project through open-ended survey questions over the past few years. In their own words, providers describe their experiences caring for children under age 6. Read ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dCYX4gG5

Need the information to build more accessible child care in your state and stay informed about what other states are doing? Child Care Aware of America launched a comprehensive interactive dashboard for exactly that goal. Learn More 💡 https://hubs.li/Q02-L0fY0

Head Start is an important program that all educators, families, and child care workers should take initiative to learn about! With that being said, below is a timeline of notable events that have happened in the program. I hope this timeline gives you a deeper insight on the motive of the Head Start program and educates you in some way! https://lnkd.in/edZBN_4g

Excellent and current explainer of why ECE is so expensive and hard to find. An extension of federal funding similar to ARPA is the only way forward for providers, parents and children.

At a time when child care costs are on the rise, subsidy programs like Wisconsin Shares are critical. Yet only half of Milwaukee’s eligible families participate in the program. Milwaukee Succeeds, in collaboration with the MKE Early Childhood Education Coalition, sought to understand the barriers hindering broader participation. Through a comprehensive survey of local parents and caregivers, crucial insights emerged, shedding light on the program’s successes and shortcomings. The results can be found in their brand-new report, Unlocking Wisconsin Shares: Insights into the State’s Child Care Subsidy. https://lnkd.in/gC2S5qxJ

The Maryland EXCELS website allows parents to search for child care programs by location, program type, and quality rating. However, many parents are not aware of this resource or may not realize that the quality rating system addresses the dimensions of quality they care about. Read more about parents’ perspectives on child care quality in Maryland in a new infographic from Child Trends’ Maryland Child Care Policy Research Partnership project. https://buff.ly/3POgCe1

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RAPID Survey Project's new storybook illustrates the joys, challenges, and insights that child care providers experience. Read it now: https://ow.ly/m15W50SFb61

While Month of the Young Child has come to a close, we understand that the early child care sector needs sustained commitment. This is why we’re dedicated to doing more than just describing the problem, and instead focusing on reimagining what a future for child care can, and should, look like. Check out the five things we are keeping at the forefront of our minds as we reground ourselves in our commitment to supporting educators, children, and their families: https://lnkd.in/eCJiAKez

One of the most fundamental roles played by child care is enabling parents to participate in the labor force. To support employment, parents choose from a range of child care options, both paid and unpaid. Understanding who uses paid care and other factors related to the use of paid care can help support strategies related to economic growth. Learn more about Child Care in State Economies: https://lnkd.in/eA_a5eXs