Committee for Economic Development

The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led public policy center that delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation’s interest.

CED Trustee members are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today’s pressing policy issues. Early childhood education has been a priority issue of policy work at CED for more than 50 years.

Our state allies can call on the Committee for Economic Development to:

Help communicate early care and education priority needs with an economic development and growth framework.

CED helps states with approaches that increase the quality of and access to child care and early learning; promote effective child care business practices; advance the professional development and compensation of early childhood educators (including tax credits); and bring an integrated approach to better meet the needs of families with children, employers, and communities.

Leverage economic expertise and knowledge of CCDBG and other related laws to help states advance child care policy strategies.

CED helps states with approaches that increase the quality of and access to early learning; promote effective child care business practices; advance the professional development and compensation of early childhood educators (including tax credits); and bring an integrated approach to better meet the needs of families with children, employers, and communities.

Guide collaboration with the business community to expand support and explore new sources offinancing for early care and education.

CED works with state advocates and business leaders to identify policy solutions (including tax credit incentives) and promote new revenue generating options for early care and education.

Additional Alliance-funded support for state advocacy includes:

Compiling revenue policy resources to help states develop effective early childhood tax-credit and apprenticeship programs.
Developing toolkits for employer engagement and child care support and child care-related tax credits (supply, quality, and ECE workforce).
Creating resource hubs for child care providers such as support of high-quality early educators.
Constructing multiple sets of data, including economic impact data related to the child care market, workforce participation data (employment, unemployment, labor force participation), and use of paid child care through interactive data visualizations, online household cost calculators, and other means.

Committee for Economic Development

The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led public policy center that delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation’s interest.

Help communicate early care and education priority needs with an economic development and growth framework.

Leverage economic expertise and knowledge of CCDBG and other related laws to help states advance child care policy strategies.

Guide collaboration with the business community to expand support and explore new sources offinancing for early care and education.

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