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Child Care Convening stakeholders to create innovative child care solutions for all working families

Fast Facts • Mothers contribute at least half the family income in 40% of households with children • 10% increase in child care costs  7.4% decline in labor force participation • Cost of child care higher than college tuition in 33 states and Washington, D.C. • Costs of inadequate child care to the economy in 2016: $2 billion (absences, turnover, lost productivity)

Key Issues • Family-friendly policies to bring even more American women into the workforce • Reducing the cost of child care • Increasing access, employer-led innovations

Our Work in Action • National discussion on child care • Listening sessions • Child care database

Administration Initiatives • Investments in affordable child care:  2018: $2.4 billion funding increase to Child Care and Development Fund  2020 Proposed Budget: $1 billion in child care for working families

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