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Featured Policy Reports

Economics & Child Care (2025)

Economics & Child Care (2025)

Child Care Trusts and Endowments (2025)

Child Care Trusts and Endowments (2025)

TANF and Child Care Expenditure (2025)

TANF and Child Care Expenditure (2025)

Rethinking Standards and Regulations (2025)

Rethinking Standards and Regulations (2025)

Early Learning Facilities Policy Update (2025)

Early Learning Facilities Policy Update (2025)

The Danger of Increasing Care Ratios (2025)

The Danger of Increasing Care Ratios (2025)

Farm Bill Position Statement (2025)

Farm Bill Position Statement (2025)

The Kentucky Subsidy (2024)

The Kentucky Subsidy (2024)

Kentucky Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Kentucky Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Nebraska Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Nebraska Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Opportunity Zones and Child Care (2025)

Opportunity Zones and Child Care (2025)

Early Educators and Tax Deductions (2025)

Early Educators and Tax Deductions (2025)

Nebraska Market Rate Survey (2025)

Nebraska Market Rate Survey (2025)

Nebraska Early Childhood Funding Map (2023)

Nebraska Early Childhood Funding Map (2023)

Nebraska's Investments in Early Care (2023)

Nebraska's Investments in Early Care (2023)

Nebraska Early Childhood Commission 

Nebraska Early Childhood Commission 

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News and Events 

Dec 18, 2025
Walter Gilliam Reflects on 60 Years of Head Start and Ed Zigler’s Legacy
Dec 16, 2025
From Maternal Health to Social Media Stress: Graduate Scholars Research Emerging Early Childhood Issues
By Erin Duffy
Dec 13, 2025
Universal child care: It took cooperation and compromise
Sante Fe New Mexican
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