State-by-state breakdowns of the supply, demand, affordability, and licensing requirements for early child care and education.

To improve child care access and quality, pay raises for the early childhood workforce must be implemented with careful consideration for which staff members are eligible, what the potential drawbacks...

Washington, DC’s free, universal prekindergarten lottery is a rarity nationwide, and it has managed to sustain its importance to DC families, even as more and more leave the city.

Washington, DC, already has policies for making the city more attractive and affordable for families with young children, but the mayor’s proposed budget reduces or eliminates funding for many of thes...

In this summary, we provide sustained evidence of the benefits of the District of Columbia’s wage enhancement program for early childhood educators, the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, to ch...

In this brief, we map out families’ experiences across application and enrollment to illustrate how families come to enroll, or not enroll, in Pre-K3, DC’s public prekindergarten program for 3-year-ol...

Innovative solutions lab sites in ten states and D.C. aim to demonstrate what’s possible when child care systems are designed by families and practitioners WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The Bainum Family Founda...

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In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.

So far, it has helped stabilize and grow the supply of child care workers, helping working families as well as child care workers themselves.

This fact sheet shares 2023 survey and focus group findings from early educators eligible for from the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in the District of Columbia.