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Child Care

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

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Child Care

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  1. Child Care • Convening stakeholders to create innovative child care solutions for all working families

  2. 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)

  3. 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

  4. Our Work in Action • National discussion on child care • Listening sessions • Child care database

  5. 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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