News & Updates

RFF Grantee, The Century Foundation, Releases Follow-up Report on the Child Care Cliff

Last year, The Century Foundation published a report on the child care cliff as a result of the expiration of ARPA child care stabilization funds. Last week, Julie Kashen and Laura Valle-Gutierrez released a new follow-up report that looks at how families, early childhood educators, and policymakers are grappling with the fallout from the child care cliff. In this report, TCF dives deep at the...

RFF Joins Investing in America Child Care Partnership

A new coordinated funder collaborative aims to strengthen local child care systems and increase access to high-quality, affordable child care. 

The Rockefeller Family Fund, through the Economic Justice for Women (EJW) program, has signed on to a new philanthropic partnership that aims to leverage federal infrastructure funding to strengthen local child care ecosystems in...

President Biden Highlights Care Agenda in SOTU

On March 7, the need for care policies took center stage in President Biden’s State of the Union address. Speaking to a joint session of Congress, the president asked us all to envision a future where public policy fully invests in care:

Imagine a future with affordable child care so millions of families can get the care they need and still go to work and help grow the...

New Federal Protections for Pregnant Workers

In late 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which advocates have championed for over a decade, as an amendment to the omnibus spending package. The new law requires employers to offer pregnant workers reasonable accommodations like extra bathroom breaks, the ability to sit while performing certain tasks and restrictions on how much weight they are required to...

NYT Draws Attention to Expiration of Federal Funding for Child Care

Five months ago, federal funding for child care expired. A recent front-page story in the New York Times highlights that “running a child care business is more precarious than ever,” with many parents struggling to afford the cost. The article features one of RFF's grantees, the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy.