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The American Rescue Plan Provides a Blueprint for Keeping Kids Safe and Reducing Reliance on the Foster Care System
The relief package is the most radical child protection plan this country has seen.
There Is No Equality Without Affordable Childcare, but Little Is Being Done About It
Studies show affordable childcare is the way forward — so why does free college get more attention?
When Child Welfare Cases Police Women in Their Homes
Decreased child abuse allegations during coronavirus have alarmed many. But for some low-income parents of color, the change comes as a relief.
The Last Daycares Standing
In places where most child cares and schools have closed, in-home family daycares that remain open aren’t seeing the demand — or the support — they expected.
COVID could be the wakeup call businesses need to fix a broken child care system
Businesses have finally realized that the child care crisis damages the economy, and that it’s in their best, most selfish interests to help solve it.
How Universal Pre-K Drives Up Families’ Infant-Care Costs
An unintended consequence of free school programs for three- and four-year-olds is a reduction in the supply of affordable child care for kids younger than two.
How U.S. Child Care Is Segregated: a Brooklyn Story
At a daycare in a gentrifying Brooklyn area, is the entrance of racially diverse, middle-class families income integration, or more akin to colonization?