Policy and Research

Measuring America's Child Care Gap

A purple map of the United States with county borders

NEW TOOL: This interactive map reveals the most complete child care supply data ever collected—using new methodology to quantify the nation's child care gap and expose where access falls short for families.

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Fact Sheet: Economic Impact

Fact Sheet: Head Start

Featured Policy Reports

Economics & Child Care (2025)

Child Care Trusts and Endowments (2025)

TANF and Child Care Expenditure (2025)

Rethinking Standards and Regulations (2025)

Early Learning Facilities Policy Update (2025)

The Danger of Increasing Care Ratios (2025)

Farm Bill Position Statement (2025)

The Kentucky Subsidy (2024)

Kentucky Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Nebraska Child Care Gap Assessment (2025)

Opportunity Zones and Child Care (2025)

Early Educators and Tax Deductions (2025)

Nebraska Market Rate Survey (2025)

Nebraska Early Childhood Funding Map (2023)

Nebraska's Investments in Early Care (2023)

Nebraska Early Childhood Commission

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

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2026 Thriving Children, Families, and Communities Conference All Day

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