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Child Care

Convening stakeholders to create innovative child care solutions for all working families

Fast Facts

• Mothers contribute at least half

the family income in 40% of households with children

• 10% increase in child care costs  7.4% decline in

labor force participation

• Cost of child care higher than college tuition in 33

states and Washington, D.C.

• Costs of inadequate child care to the economy in 2016:

$2 billion (absences, turnover, lost productivity)

Key Issues

• Family-friendly policies to bring

even more American women into the workforce

• Reducing the cost of child care
• Increasing access,

employer-led innovations

Our Work in Action

• National discussion
• n child care
• Listening sessions
• Child care database

Administration Initiatives

• Investments in affordable child care:

 2018: $2.4 billion funding increase to Child Care

and Development Fund

 2020 Proposed Budget: $1 billion in child care for

working families

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