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Advocacy in the ECE Field, Childcare Katharine Stevens Advocacy in the ECE Field, Childcare Katharine Stevens

Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children

A growing chorus of advocates are vigorously pushing for a large expansion of U.S. child care as a “win-win-win” that supports women’s careers and boosts the economy while promoting children’s healthy development. However, a growing body of research on childcare’s impact on children suggests that greater caution is warranted.

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A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan

The American Rescue Plan was presented as an emergency response to prevent the childcare sector from collapsing. But its primary aims are in fact to advance a longstanding advocacy agenda: leveraging pandemic relief funds to carry out a kind of “trial run” of universal childcare.

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Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits

Katharine Stevens and Matt Weidinger propose allowing parents to advance future child tax credits into the earliest years of their child’s life, strengthening families' ability to choose how and by whom their children are cared for during the formative first years of development.

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