ICYMI: October News from the Field

Check out the latest links to state and national news and reports for the early learning and care industry. 

NATIONAL NEWS & REPORTS

• Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
  
  • What the Bluegrass State Can Teach Us About Increasing Access to Child Care
• Child Trends
  • Exploring Family Structure Diversity Among Children in Families With Low Incomes
• Child Trends
  • Five Steps for State and Community Leaders to Increase Equitable Access to Early Care and Education
• Early Years Climate Plan 
  • Flourishing Children, Healthy Communities, and a Stronger Nation: The U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
    • Jump to Page 65 for ways that Early Care Providers can support this effort.
• New America
  • The Strategy Behind a $5 Million Win for Child Care and Early Education in Anchorage
• TIME

  • One of the Most Effective Ways to Fund Childcare Does Not Rely on Congress

• US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Understanding Families’ Access to Nontraditional-hour Child Care and Early Education

CALIFORNIA NEWS & REPORTS

• California Budget & Policy Center
  • Creating Greater Access to California’s Early Learning and Care Programs
• CalMatters
  • Beyond crayons and circle time: What California transitional kindergarten needs to succeed
• Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
  
  • Caregiver Motivation, Identity, and Resilience A Study of Family, Friend, Neighbor (FFN), and Nanny Care in California - Part Two
• KQED
  • California Head Start Families Face Transit Challenges, A New Map Shows
• LAist
  • Federal Relief Funds For Child Care Are Done. What Does That Mean For California?