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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

After various family support policies were dropped from federal legislation earlier this year, states have been left to their own devices to stabilize child care and boost the economic well-being of their families. And in Nebraska, voters approved a $15 minimum wage , which will support family economic stability.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. Children read outside at Heritage Park Child Care Centre.

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Heritage Government Advocacy Economics

With little federal support for families, states are stepping up

What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

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