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Streamlining Child Care Assistance
December 15, 2022
New York can make quality child care more affordable by streamlining enrollment in the state’s child care assistance program.
Our Child Care Reports
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Fixing New York’s Broken Child Care Market
December 15, 2022
The child care system in New York needs greater public investment to ensure the child care workforce is paid a sustaining wage.
Family Voices: Monroe County Parent Poll
March 9, 2022
The balance between caring for children and work is a crisis or major problem for 7 out of 10 Monroe County families and 5 out of 10 parents say their stress is high as a result of the pandemic. The stress parents are experiencing has three branches: affording and accessing resources, pandemic disruptions in schools, and mental health impacts of the pandemic.
Testimony to the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Human Services
February 3, 2022
There are many challenges plaguing the child care sector in New York State. I will summarize a few in this testimony, and share why my organization and the Empire State Campaign for Child Care believes a $5 billion investment is needed in the 2022-23 state budget.
Barriers to Care – Improving Access to NYS’s Child Care Assistance Program
January 11, 2022
Affordable, safe, high quality, and nurturing child care is essential for the immediate and future success of New York State. Our goal as a state should be to increase the number of families receiving this critical support, and we should fund services that help us achieve that goal. Readily available child care helps parents remain in the workforce, contributes to economic growth and expands the labor force for employers. It also ensures that children get off to the best possible start to life.
