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Child Care is Fundamental to America’s Children, Families, and Economy Helen Blank, NWLC

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Child Care is Fundamental to America’s Children, Families, and Economy

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Child Care is Fundamental.

High-qualitychildcareandpre-kindergartenisessen;altoenableparentstogetandkeepajob,andtogivechildrenastrongstarttowardssuccessinschoolandlife.Childcarestrengthensoureconomy.

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Women need child care in order to work..

Themajorityofwomenwithyoungchildrenareworking.Nearlytwo-thirdsofwomenwithchildrenunderagesix,includingwomenwithchildrenunderageone,areinthelaborforce.

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Many working mothers earn

low wages.

1in5workingmotherswithveryyoungchildrenworkinalowwagejob.

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Families with working

mothers rely on a variety of types of child

care.

Childcarecentersandpreschool.Familychildcarehomes.Rela;ves.

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High-quality child care gives

children the opportunity learn and develop skills

they need to succeed in school

and in life.

Studies demonstrate that high quality child care has posiEve impacts on children’s cogniEve and social development.

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The cost of child care can put it

out of reach for many families.

Theaverageannualcostoffull;mecareforonechildrangesfrom$3,000toover$20,000dependingontheageofthechild,thetypeofcare,andwherethefamilylives.Lowincomefamiliesspendalargepor;onofthereincomeonchildcare.

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In many neighborhoods,

parents have few child care opEons.

Childcareforinfantsandchildrenwithspecialneedsispar;cularlyhardtofind,especiallyinlow-incomecommuni;es.

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In many neighborhoods,

parents have few child care

opEons.

Parentsinlow-wagejobswithnon-standardorvariableschedulesoPenalsohavegreatdifficultyfindingchildcareop;onsthatmatchtheirworkhours.

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Child care assistance helps families afford

high-quality child care and enables women to work.

TheChildCareDevelopmentBlockGrantprovidesfundingtostatestohelpfamiliesaffordcareandtoimprovethequalityofcareWhenmothersreceivehelpaffordingchildcare,studiesdemonstratethattheyaremorelikelytogetandkeepajob.

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Only a small fracEon of eligible families are receiving help due to insufficient funding.

Manyfamilieswithincomestolowtoaffordchildcareontheirownarenotabletoreceivechildcareassistanceundertheirstates’restric;veeligibilitylimits.Eveniffamiliesareeligibleforchildcareassistance,theymaynotreceiveitandmayinsteadbeplacedonawai;nglistformonthsoryears.

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Child care providers are not paid

sufficiently to support high quality

care.

Paymentratesforprovidersservingfamiliesthatreceivechildcareassistancearetoolowtosupporthigh-qualitycare.

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Child care providers are not paid

sufficiently to support high quality

care.

Theprovidersteachingandcaringforourchildrenreceiveverylowwages:theaverageannualsalaryforchildcareworkersis$11.42anhour,or$23,760peryear.

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Current federal tax benefits provide liNle help with child care

expenses for working families who need it

most.

ThefederalChildanddependentcaretaxcredit(CDCTC)allowsparentstoclaimataxcreditforpartoftheirwork-relatedchildordependentcareexpenses.EmployeeswhoseemployerschoosetoofferDependentCareFlexibleSpendingAccounts(FSAs)canelecttosetasideandexcludefromincomeupto$5,000forwork-relatedandchildanddependentcareexpenses.

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Pre-Kindergarten for low-income families.

Low-incomefamilieswith3and4year-oldscanuseHeadStartforaporBonoftheday.

Forty-onestateshaveaPre-Kindergartenprogramformostly4year-olds.

Somestates’Pre-Kprogramshaveverylimitedhours.

SomestateshaveUniversalPre-K.

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