The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) Lead Program" amid layoffs

A new CAP interactive shows the states affected by recent closures of Head Start regional offices, which play a critical role in administering grants and overseeing the delivery of early childhood ser...

Republicans in Congress are threatening to strip away a vital early childhood education program that millions of families rely on to stay afloat and put

States can and should make child care licensing reforms that ease burdens on providers and improve access—but must do so without endangering child health and safety.

States can and should make child care licensing reforms that ease burdens on providers and improve access—but must do so without endangering child health and safety.

As climate change intensifies extreme heat around the globe, policymakers must take steps to develop heat standards for children and support infrastructure improvements to ensure schools, child care c...

The committee’s central role was to recommend which conditions should be included on a universal screening panel for infants.

Governors’ 2025 State of the State addresses showcase the widespread impact of the child care crisis and an increasing recognition of the importance of expanded investments in the sector.

Head Start provides educational, health, nutritional, and social services to hundreds of thousands of young children and their families every year, playing a critical role in the U.S. early care and learning...

Head Start provides educational, health, nutritional, and social services to hundreds of thousands of young children and their families every year, playing a critical role in the U.S. early care and l...

EPA was on track to stop 10,000 asthma attacks every day, but the new EPA head wants to crush those plans — and more — into dust

The Trump administration’s plan to abandon environmental and public health safeguards threatens the health and lives of Americans while lining the pockets of corporate polluters.

CAP analysis finds that the 118th Congress, facing more pressure than ever to address the nation’s child care crisis, oversaw a significant increase in the introduction of bipartisan child care and ea...

CAP analysis finds that the 118th Congress, facing more pressure than ever to address the nation’s child care crisis, oversaw a significant increase in the introduction of bipartisan child care and ea...

Anti-vaccine sentiment was rising even before the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re seeing the ugly results play out in Texas, with dozens of children suffering from measles and one dying.

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin offer lessons for how states can remove lead service lines and protect community health by maximizing the unprecedented opportunity provided by the Infrastructure Investment...

HOUSTON — When Jefferson Early Learning Center first opened on the corner of a busy intersection in the city’s west side in 2022, school officials started receiving calls from irritated residents. It wasn’t the increase in traffic or the noise from loud preschoolers that was the source of the callers’ ire. It was the wild, unkempt landscaping. Residents wanted to know, “‘Why aren’t you cutting the lawn?’ ‘Why aren’t you keeping the grounds?’” recalled Hilda Rodriguez, the assistant superintendent of support services for the Alief Independent School District, home to Jefferson and nearly 50 other schools west of Houston.

The United States needs real solutions at all levels of government, coupled with robust public investment, to build a child care and early learning system that works for children, families, educators,...

The United States needs real solutions at all levels of government, coupled with robust public investment, to build a child care and early learning system that works for children, families, educators,...

Early care and education programs lack the substitute teaching infrastructure that is well-known in K-12 schools.

Evidence supports the debate over whether or not vaccines help COVID management and transmission. Discover what ways COVID vaccines have helped.

Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public policymaking and robust investments that support young children, families, and early e...

Far-right extremists’ plans to dismantle environmental regulations would reverse progress in protecting Americans from lead, PFAS, soot, and other hazards.

This study examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in US women aged younger than 25 years before and after the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccines.