Every year, Congress makes decisions on funding priorities including key early childhood programs like Child Care and Development Block Grant, Head Start, and IDEA preschool special education and early intervention. This year, Congress approved a temporary budget to keep...

Since 2011, places that provide vital services important to the well-being of children and families—such as child care programs, schools, and hospitals— had been protected from immigration enforcement actions under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sensitive...

Fewer than 1 in 4 early childhood educators employed outside public schools can access health insurance through their employer, so options like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace are a critical source of coverage for many of these educators. Since...