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In The New Republic: "If Congress allows billions in childcare relief to expire in three weeks, parents are going to pay the price."

We must face the facts and bring more people together to work for change. There is hope in action.

"[S]ince the pandemic (according to Stanford’s RAPID survey), 39% of women with children younger than five said they had either quit their jobs or reduced their hours."

Lessons learned from the first direct cash transfer program in the United States focused exclusively on home-based child care providers.

In EdSource: “If we’re concerned about the well-being of kids, we should be concerned about the well-being of adults in the lives of children,” said SCEC Director Philip Fisher.

Its latest project, Community Voices, has the RAPID team zeroing in on community-based surveys in Chicago, several counties across Michigan, Texas and California.

The Thriving Providers Project sends out regular, guaranteed payments to home-based child care providers. It's already having a big impact.

Natalie Renew, SCEC Leadership Council member and executive director of Home Grown, interviews Child Trends researcher Winnie Li.

A publication associated with the Center on Parenting and Opioids about addressing stigma within dissemination of research.

The Stanford Accelerator for Learning seeks scalable solutions to improve outcomes for learners at all stages of life.

From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

A case study co-authored by Dr. Ryan Padrez, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Stanford School of Medicine.

As the demand for childcare continues to grow, here are 5 recommendations for expanding access to childcare services and improving quality.

Climate disasters are particularly disruptive to the lives of young children and their families, creating risks of toxic stress and ongoing adverse childhood experiences.

"Community early childhood system efforts often feel like they are recreating the wheel," writes Dr. Joan Lombardi for the Center of the Study of Social Policy.

The continuing national surveys of adults in the lives of young children provide timely, actionable data to advocates, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.