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Harkin, Miller, Hanna propose Strong Start for America’s Children Act
Click to view slideshow. Today, Congress sent a clear message to the nation. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Congressman George Miller (D-CA) introduced the Strong Start for America’s Children Act of...
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Child Care Provider Reacts to Cost of Care Report
Child Care Aware® of America’s Parents and the High Cost of Care: 2013 Report received a huge reaction from the media – more than 250 references in the news, reaching an estimated 2 million readers and...
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2013: Setting the Stage for Young Children in 2014
For years Child Care Aware® of America has shared one message: affordable, high quality child care matters. It matters for children and it matters for families. This year, the White House took notice,...
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Virginia Progress on Background Checks for Child Care Providers
Elly and Cameron Lafkin preparing for their interview on Weekend Today, August 2013 Guest Blog by Sharon Veatch, Executive Director, Child Care Aware® of Virginia At Symposium in 2013, I met Elly...
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Raise Your Hand discussion continued at Symposium
Child Care Aware® of America hosted its first Raise Your Hand for Child Care virtual event. This event included a live reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and Twitter chat to conclude our Raise Your Hand for...
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Sandra J. Skolnik, a woman who made a difference
March is Women’s History Month and in that spirit we’re proud to host an award that honors an incredible woman, Sandra “Sandy” J. Skolnik. Sandy Skolnik grew up with a working mother and knew the...
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California makes progress ensuring basic health, safety of children in...
Guest blog from Kim Johnson, Public Policy Director, California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. Editor’s Note: Child Care Aware® of America participated in a story with a California...
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Child Care Aware of America member testifies before House Subcommittee for...
Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, March 25, Paula Koos, executive director of Oklahoma Child Care Resource and Referral Association (OCCRRA), testified before the House Education and the Workforce...
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2014 Symposium kicks off with a great start
Read about days 2 and 3 of the 2014 Symposium Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development for the Administration for Children and Families...
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Provider Appreciation Day: A call for pay, preparation and promotion of our...
May 9 is the day we celebrate our nation’s child care providers, early childhood educators and teachers. And while we celebrate, we also must reflect on how we acknowledge their commitment to children...
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President Obama Signs Child Care and Development Block Grant into Law
Just before noon today, President Obama signed into law the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014. The bill, which provides child care assistance to families and funds quality initiatives...
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President Obama visits the Sunflower State to Talk about Quality, Affordable...
By: Leadell Ediger, Executive Director, Child Care Aware of Kansas: When an email from the White House came into my inbox, I paid attention! That’s the situation I found myself in, in mid-January. I...
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The New CCAoA Website Is Live!
We’re proud to announce the newly redesigned Child Care Aware® of America website! The new CCAoA website features a modern and more attractive design with easy-to-navigate search functionality and a...
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Celebrate the National Day of Summer Learning
The nationwide Day of Summer Learning is Friday, June 19, 2015! This is a national advocacy day led by the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) and meant to show the importance of continuing...
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We Raise America
At Child Care Aware® of America we believe information sharing, advancing discussion, and taking action are critical to affecting positive change for our nation’s children and families. We want to...
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2015 State Fact Sheets: Highlighting A Complex Early Care Landscape
Each week, millions of children are shuffled between child care providers due to unpredictable schedules and limited child care availability. The landscape for child care and early education is...
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June 2015 Footnotes
I love summer! Warm weather, even when it’s humid and sticky, beats the winter layering and trying to keep track of the extra accessories like mittens, scarves, coats, and boots. The “lazy days” of...
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Talk, Read, Sing – Start Early With Children to Fight the Word Gap
“We know that right now during the first three years of life, a child born into a low-income family hears 30 million fewer words than a child born into a well-off family. By giving more of our kids...
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July 2015 Footnotes
I had a beautiful drive into our office’s in Arlington, VA today – not only is it a sunny clear day, I have the good fortune of driving along the Potomac River with a breathtaking view of the nation’s...
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Are You Prepared? Getting Ready for Emergency Preparedness Month
It’s no coincidence that we’re headed into hurricane season just as Emergency Preparedness Month is beginning. Hurricane Katrina, now ten years ago, has shown us where we’re lacking in disaster and...
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