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Iowa is trying to address the #ChildCareCrisis by recently passing a bill that made permanent the Child Care Assistance Program cover costs for people working at least 32 hrs/week in the child care industry. Read the news report: tinyurl.com/53sbvjfr

Fact of the week: the #ChildCareCrisis is an economic burden on parents, businesses, and taxpayers. We need local, state, and federal policymakers to help find a solution to reduce this burden.

The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program helps states improve the quality of child care and early learning at the local level. Thank you to members on both sides of the aisle who signed onto the FY27 PDG B-5 Dear Colleague letter led by @JoaquinCastrotx and @RepBrianFitz! Check out the thread below for the full list of signers.

The lack of sufficient child care for children under 5 as an economic burden of nearly $7,000 per parent per year on average. Hear ReadyNation National Director Nancy Fishman speak about this on a panel hosted by @SaulZaentz on 4/20 at noon. Register: bit.ly/419sRH4

Today starts @NAEYC Week of the Young Child. In the spirit of Music Monday, ReadyNation would like to know what song brought you joy when you were a kid or what song is your young child's favorite song? #WOYC26

Fact of the Week: The #childcarecrisis has only gotten worse over time. The economic burden to families with children under 3 has increased $2600/parent in the past seven years. We need federal, state and local solutions to this growing problem.

Fact of the Week: 90% of parents of children under 5 report challenges to work because of the lack of quality, affordable child care costing our economy $172 billion each year. Thank you to @Child_Success for sharing our report.

Parents, businesses, and our economy need affordable, assessable, and quality child care to thrive.

This study and ReadyNation's recent report show that cost of care is putting a strain on our workforce and economy. We must find solutions to the #ChildCareCrisis tinyurl.com/2wb3wead

Fact of the Week: According to a recent ReadyNation report, more than a quarter of parents reported working less or quitting their job because of problems with child care, possibly impacting the families income. Read the report: tinyurl.com/5n6tpb6h

Fact of the week: According to ReadyNation's recent report, it found that more than 2/3s of parent's with kids under 5 said they had some sort of child care problem that impacted there work productivity. Read the report here: tinyurl.com/bdcnazyp

Watch yesterday's discussion, hosted by ReadyNation, about the impact the #childcarecrisis has on parents, businesses, and taxpayers that costs the U.S. economy $172 billion each year. View it here: youtube.com/watch?v=ow1deY…

Join ReadyNation at 1pm ET today as it hosts a webinar to discuss it's latest report, "The Child Care Economy Costs the U.S. Economy $172 Billion Each Year". Register to attend: tinyurl.com/53che68n

Tomorrow at 1pm ET, @Ready_Nation will host a webinar to discuss its latest report "The Child Care Crisis Costs the U.S. Economy $172 Billion Each Year" with an economist, business leaders and a parent. #ChildCareCrisis Register here: tinyurl.com/53che68n

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Join ReadyNation on March 3 at 1pm ET for a webinar discussing a new report showing the economic toll insufficient child care has on the U.S. economy. Register here: tinyurl.com/5n6tpb6h

ReadyNation is hosting a webinar on March 3rd at 1pm ET to discuss it's latest report "The Child Care Crisis Costs the U.S. Economy $172 Billion Each Year." Register for the webinar here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

ReadyNation’s new report finds that the economic toll of the #ChildCareCrisis costs parents and businesses $172 billion annually. Read the new report: instituteforchildsuccess.org/cost-child-car…

A new ReadyNation survey finds that the economic toll of the #ChildCareCrisis for parents with children under 3 has escalated since 2018. Read the new report: instituteforchildsuccess.org/cost-child-car…

A new ReadyNation report finds that the #ChildCareCrisis impacts parents, businesses, and taxpayers through lost wages and revenue. Read the new report: instituteforchildsuccess.org/cost-child-car…