Access to child care,
particularly high quality child care, remains out of reach for many families.
Not exact matches
Home visiting has been demonstrated to be an effective method of supporting families,
particularly as part of a comprehensive and coordinated system of
high -
quality, affordable early
care and education, health and mental health, and family support services for families of
children from the prenatal through the pre-kindergarten stages.
The first years of life lay the foundations for future skills development and learning, and investments in
high -
quality early childhood education and
care pay huge dividends in terms of
children's long - term learning and development,
particularly the most marginalized ones.
The select committee, which held four evidence sessions at the end of last year, said
high -
quality SRE was
particularly important for vulnerable
children such as LGBT
children, those in
care and those with special educational needs.
Access to a continuum of
high -
quality child care and universal preschool is essential to the well - being and future successes of young
children —
particularly children from low - income families and families of color.
As research across neuroscience, developmental psychology, and economics demonstrates, early social - emotional, physical, and cognitive skills beget later skill acquisition, setting the groundwork for success in school and the workplace.15 However, an analysis of nationally representative data shows that 65 percent of
child care centers do not serve
children age 1 or younger and that 44 percent do not serve
children under age 3 at all.16 Consequently,
child care centers only have the capacity to serve 10 percent of all
children under age 1 and 25 percent of all
children under age 3.17
High - quality child care during this critical period can support children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a high - quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is particularly important for children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and developmen
High -
quality child care during this critical period can support
children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a
high - quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is particularly important for children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and developmen
high -
quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is
particularly important for
children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and development.19
Ensure that young
children and their families,
particularly those facing poverty and other stressors, have access to comprehensive,
high -
quality early childhood education, home visiting, and health
care services.
Engaging new champions,
particularly in the business community, for accessible, affordable,
high -
quality child care.
Home visiting has been demonstrated to be an effective method of supporting families,
particularly as part of a comprehensive and coordinated system of
high -
quality, affordable early
care and education, health and mental health, and family support services for families of
children from the prenatal through the pre-kindergarten stages.
When
child care is of very
high quality (as is the case with model early childhood programs), the positive effects can endure into the early adult years,
particularly for
children from the poorest home environments.
Congress should also work with the Administration to increase access to
high -
quality child care,
particularly for
children from low - income families.