Alliance for Early Success, Policy Paper (9/16/20) – The Build Stronger Child Care Policy Roadmap
Alliance for Early Success, Editorial (4/10/20) – Early Childhood Educators in America: Through the Lens of a Pandemic
Alliance for Early Success, States’ Approaches to Providing Emergency Child Care to Essential Workers – Last Updated April 24, 2020
In major disasters, states often designate workers in certain industries as essential to the health and safety of the populace. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states have recognized that without child care, these essential workers cannot perform their duties and service. In response, state policymakers have developed emergency child care programs for this workforce. This brief discusses key decision points that state leaders have to make and the varying approaches taken thus far.
Century Foundation (4/30) – States are Stepping Up with Emergency Child Care Solutions for Front Line Essential Personnel in Response to COVID-19
Rutgers Pediatrics Early Education Working Group (4/16) – Recommendations for Safer, Effective Emergency Child Care for Essential Workers
ZERO TO THREE (4/10) – Considerations for Infants and Toddlers in Emergency Child Care for Essential Workers
FEMA (3/31) – Fact Sheet on Child Care Assistance
School-Aged Children
General Authority to Change Policies and Regluation
Alliance for Early Success (4/7/2020) – Key Questions and Resources for Family Child Care and Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Capita and Home Grown (9/2020) — Child Care Was Broken Before Covid. Now It’s Worse: How We Got Here and How to Fix It.
Home Grown – Federal Policy Recommendations to Support Home-Based Child Care
First Children’s Finance (6/30) – Recommendations for Reopening Child Care Businesses Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Bipartisan Policy Center (6/30) – Quotes: Key Administrator Quotes on CARES Act CCDBG Funding
Home Grown (6/24) – Child Care Development Fund Recommendations
Bipartisan Policy Center (6/2) – As Economies Reopen, State Administrators Note a Shift to Family Child Care
Home Grown (6/30) – Home-Based Child Care Networks
National Association for Family Child Care (4/30) – Family Child Care and COVID Survey
Wonder (3/12) – A Labor of Love: Family, Friends and Neighbors Who Care for Young Children (Webinar)
All Our Kin (6/5) – A Strong Economy Needs Strong Family Child Care: Principles and State Policy Recommendations
CLASP (4/30) – Using Coronavirus Relief Funds to Support Relative Caregivers
Home Grown’s State Leadership and Administrator Guide created to facilitate and promote prioritization of supports for home-based child care
Bipartisan Policy Center (4/23) – Recommendations for Home-Based Child Care Networks
National Women’s Law Center (4/20) – Ensuring Home-Based Child Care Providers Can Access New and Expanded Federal Benefits
New Mexico Kids (4/17) – Becoming an Emergency Child Care Provider, including guidance for family child care and FFN providers
National Women’s Law Center (3/2020) – Supporting Home-based Child Care Providers During the Coronavirus Crisis
National Association for Family Child Care (3/2020) – State and Local Recommendations to Sustain and Support Family Child Care Providers
Illinois, Recent guidance is specific and clear about inclusion of licensed and license-exempt home-based child care
Child Care Aware of Washington and Child Care Resources, Recommendations for State Policy inclusive of needs of home-based child care and the families that choose these providers
Home Grown (3/2020) – Home-Based Child Care Emergency Fund
Co-Sponsored Family Child Care Webinar (3/2020) – Addressing the Policy Needs of Family Child Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic, sponsored by All Our Kin, AFSCME, Alliance for Early Success, Child Care Aware of America, MBST Solutions, National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Association for Family Child Care, National Women’s Law Center, SEIU, and ZERO TO THREE
California Law Center (3/20) – FAQ on COVID-19 crisis
California (6/12) – Child Care Law Center, For Providers: Questions and Answers on Providing Child Care During Coronavirus
North Carolina (6/3) – Child Care Services Association: It’s Time To Support Staffed Family Child Care Home Networks—Small Family Child Care Providers To Support Parents As They Return To Work
Connecticut (4/2020) – Connecticut Voices for Children: The State of Early Childhood—Can Connecticut’s Struggling Family Child Care Providers Fill a 50,000 Child Care Gap Amidst the Coronavirus Recession?
California (3/2020) – Executive Order from the Governor allowing local jurisdictions to halt evictions, foreclosures and utility shut offs
All Our Kin/Tom Copeland/CED (5/19) Family Child Care Home Provider Challenges with Unemployment Under the CARES Act
Child Care Aware of Virginia/Child Care Aware of New Jersey/Virginia Alliance of Family Child Care Association/Tom Copeland/MBST Solutions/All Our Kin/Early Learning Policy Group/Committee for Economic Development (6/7) – Family Child Care Home Providers: Struggling to Access Unemployment Compensation Across U.S., National Overview
Alliance for Early Success (4/3/2020) – Webinar on unemployment benefits
Alliance for Early Success (4/3) – Compiled Q&A on Unemployment Benefits from webinar
Tom Copeland (4/2020) – Questions and Answers about Unemployment Benefits for Family Child Care Providers
Bipartisan Policy Center (6/2) – The PPP Doesn’t Work for Our Nation’s Most Essential Small Businesses: Child Care
Committee for Economic Development (4/16) – Podcast: How Child Care Businesses Can Survive COVID-19—Considerations for Family Child Care Homes
Tom Copeland (4/6) – What Grants and Loans are Available to Family Child Care Providers?
Tom Copeland (4/10) – What if You Don’t Have a Business Checking Account When You Apply for a PPP Loan?
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (4/6) – Evening webinar for family child care programs impacted by COVID-19 recording and slides
First Children’s Finance (3/27) – Guide for Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan during COVID-19 crisis
Opportunities Exchange (4/7) – An organization that seeks to facilitate change across the early care and education (ECE) system on two levels: by providing technical assistance to ECE providers interested in transforming the business of early care and education to improve child outcomes, and by shaping public policy and finance to incentivize high quality, sustainable ECE for young children.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (4/7) – LISC’s COVID-19 response page
Find the Small Business Development Centers in your state
Find the Women’s Business Development Centers in your state
Find the Certified Development Financial Institutions in your state
Child Trends (8/2020) – Using the Access Framework to Guide Child Care Policy during the COVID-19 Crisis
Centers for Disease Control (4/1/20) – For Child Care Programs That Remain Open
Alliance for Early Success (4/24) – Summary: Child Care Subsidy and Payment Changes in Response to COVID-19
ACF Office of Child Care (3/13) – FAQs in response to COVID-19
ACF Office of Child Care (3/13) – Office of Child Care COVID-19 Resources
By State:
Bipartisan Policy Center (9/2020) — Latest State by State Use of CARES Act Funds to Support Child Care Through the Fall
Child Trends (6/8/2020) – States Are Using the CARES Act to Improve Child Care Access during COVID-19
NWLC (5/12) – Child Care’s Struggle to Survive COVID-19: State Impacts and Responses
Bipartisan Policy Center (5/1) – State by State Use of CARES Act Supplemental CCDBG Funds
Thanks to our national ally, the National Women’s Law Center, for helping us track this informaton:
Child Care Aware of America, The Latest Coronovirus News & Resources for Child Care Professional, Families and Policymakers
Child Care Aware of America, Regularly Updated State by State info – including closures
State Decisions (Date is Post Date):
Local Decisions:
Centers for Disease Control (3/8/2021) — “COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for School Settings and Child Care Programs”
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (2/4/2021) — “Prioritizing Early Childhood Educators for the COVID Vaccine”
Homegrown/National Association for Family Child Care (12/2020) — “Protecting Home-Based Child Care Providers: Vaccine Messaging Toolkit“
Kaiser Family Foundation (01/2021) — The COVID-19 “Vaccination Line”: An Update on State Prioritization Plans
Child Care Aware (12/2020) — Review of State Policies: COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Plans
National Academy for State Health Policy (12/2020) — States Plan for Vaccinating their Populations against COVID-19
Kaiser Family Foundation (12/2020) — Links to State Plans for Vaccine Distribution
By State:
Alabama: Child care providers are included with the K-12 teachers in Phase 2 of the vaccine distribution plan
Arizona: Child care providers are in the Phase 1B “other essential workers” category along with teachers and school staff
Colorado: Child care educators are in the same category as K-12 educators – 2A
DC: Early learning program staff are deemed “essential” and are in the second group (group B) to get the vaccine, along with P-12 teachers
Georgia: Child care providers are explicitly stated in the second priority group
Idaho: “Daycare [childcare] workers” are in subgroup 2.2 with pre-k-12 teachers and staff
Maryland: Child care providers are listed in priority Phase 2 (of 3), along with K-12 education staff and others
Missouri: Child care providers are in 1B in priority
New York State: Child care providers, teachers and other essential workers are identified as a Phase 2 group
North Carolina: Child care workers are included in the first group of vaccine receivers – Phase 1B in the linked plan. “Teachers” are phase 2, so cc workers prioritized over K-12 teachers
Oklahoma: Child care providers are listed in the third phase, equal to preK-12 teachers and all early childhood program providers
Pennsylvania: Based on the limited information outlined in the link, PA advocates believe child care workers are included in Phase 1B
Rhode Island: Child care workers are in Phase 2 same as K-12 teachers
Urban Institute (10/6/2020) — Progress in Children’s Coverage Continued to Stall Out in 2018
Urban Institute (10/1/2020) — Changes in New Mothers’ Health Care Access and Affordability under the Affordable Care Act
American Academy of Pediatrics (6/1) – #CallYour Pediatrician Campaign
American Academy of Pediatrics (5/8) – Guidance on Well Child Visits
Manatt (5/8) – Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (4/8) – Medicaid, CHIP, and Covid-19 Webinar
Illinois Early Intervention Program (4/6) – Policy and procedures for “live video visits” with families in the Part C Early Intervention program
Kaiser Family Foundation (3/26) – Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/26) – Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Impact on Pregnant Women Covered by Medicaid and CHIP
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/26) – CMS Guidance Clarifies that Families First COVID-19 Response Bill’s FMAP Increase Will Benefit CHIP Too
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/25) – First Coronavirus Response Act Freezes Disenrollment in Medicaid
HHS (3/25) – Guidance Relaxing HIPAA Requirements about Confidentiality and Platforms
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/25) – How Would the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Help Protect People and Public Health
Center for American Progress (3/24) – The U.S. Coronavirus Response Must Meet Health Workers’ Child Care Needs
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/22) – Families First Coronavirus Response Act Medicaid and CHIP Provisions Explained
Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) (3/21) – Are states providing health insurance access to essential child care workers who don’t have it?
Center for Children and Families (CCF) Coronavirus Resource Center (3/21)
Doxy.me (3/21) – Several states are investigating this free teleheath platform that is HIPAA compliant.
Kaiser Family Foundation (3/20) – How Can Medicaid Enhance State Capacity to Respond to COVID-19?
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (3/20) – New Web Page for COVID-19
Child Trends (3/19) – Resources and Recommendations Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-Being
Guidance from Texas on Using Telehealth for Early Intervention (Part C) (3/19)
CMS (3/18) – COVID-19 FAQs for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies
Medicaid Covers Testing for the Uninsured and Undocumented (3/16) – Immigrants tested for COVID-19 will not by subject to the public charge rule. Roll Call story and ICE guidance.
Joint Letter from Illinois Health and Early Care Advocates (3/13) – The letter contains recommendations regarding Medicaid and other health programs.
Medicaid Telehealth Guidance (3/17) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services have released Medicaid Telehealth Guidance to states.The homepage for general Medicaid Telehealth Guidance is here. Information about telehealth for pregnant women is here.
Kaiser Family Foundation (2/26) – Telemedicine and Pregnancy Care
COVID, HIPAA and Telehealth – Guidance from HHS, 2/20 Bulletin: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus
Nurse Family Partnership (4/16) – Webinar: Resilience and Flexibility Responding to the COVID 19 Pandemic
Ounce of Prevention (4/6) – Guidance for Coordinated Intake Provider
Ounce of Prevention (4/6) – Virtual Visit Guidance
Ounce of Prevention (4/6) – Virtual Visit FAQ
ZERO TO THREE (4/2) – States across the nation are taking steps to support home visiting programs as they continue working with families virtually during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Child Trends (3/29) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth can help connect home visiting services to families
National Home Visiting Alliance (3/25) – COVID-19 Guidance. This includes resources pertaining to 10 home visiting models and their response to Covid-19.
HRSA (3/25) – Updated Guidance Regarding MIECHV/ Home Visiting
Family Connects (3/25) – Guidance re: COVID-19
National Home Visiting Coalition (3/24) – Statement on COVID-19 and Requests for Emergency Funding
HealthySteps Network (3/24) – Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates and Resources
Missouri Department of Education (3/20) – Guidance regarding Parents as Teachers programs
ZERO TO THREE (3/18) – Recommendations regarding MIECHV and home visiting
HRSA (3/17) – MIECHV Program Update
Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives (ASTHVI) (3/17) – Letter to HRSA regarding MIECHV home visiting programs and services
The Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalition (3/16) – FAHSC Guidance for MIECHV to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (6/5) – Providing state Part C and Part B, Section 619 programs with the latest information on funding and guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Illinois Early Intervention Program (4/6) – Illinois Part C Early Intervention Live Video Visits (i.e. EI Teletherapy) during COVID-19 Pandemic
Education Law Center (3/25) – U.S. Department of Education Affirms State Obligation to Provide Special Education During School Closures
Education Week (3/24) – Blog post on attempts to push language granting the US DOE the authority to waive important statutory and regulatory requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
HealthySteps Network (3/23) – Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates and Resources for the HealthySteps Network
US Department of Education (3/23) – Supplemental Fact Sheet on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
US Department of Education (3/19) – Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (3/18) – Q&A on Providing Services to Children with Disabilites
By State:
Child Trends (9/9/2020) – Implications of COVID-19 on the Research and Evaluation Provisions of the Family First Act
Commissioner Jerry Milner, Children’s Bureau, Chronicle for Social Change (4/7/20) – “Family is a Compelling Reason”
Voices for Utah’s Children (4/7) – Child Welfare/Juvenile Justice System Covid-19 Resources
National Child Abuse Coalition (4/6) – Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Enact Policies and Increase Funding for Child Welfare Programs
ABA (3/26) – Guidance on Platforms for Child Visitation
FamilyFirstAct.org (3/25) – Resources on Child Welfare Issues & Covid-19
Voices for Virginia’s Children (3/19) – Recommendations: Foster Care and Covid-19
Children’s Bureau (3/24) – A Message on COVID-19
Child Welfare League of America (3/24) – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information, News, & Resources for Child Welfare Professionals and Others
Child Welfare League of America (3/24) – Recommendations
Food and Nutrition Service (3/26) – Waiver authority allowing parents to pick up food for their children
CLASP (3/23) – New fact sheet highlighting important nutrition provisions for families with young children in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
National Low-Income Housing Coalition (3/19) – Ensuring Housing Stability During a Crisis and updated list of state actions on housing.
USDA/Food and Nutrition Services (3/19) – FNS Actions to Respond to COVID-19
Food Research and Action Center (3/17) – Updates on Efforts to Mitigate the Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security. This page is regularly updated with policy advocacy info about child nutrition. The FRAC Advocate’s Guide to the Disaster SNAP guide
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (3/15) – Using TANF Funds to Support Families Impacted by Covid-19.
Administration for Children and Families (3/12) – CSBG Dear Colleague 2020-15 Partnership to Address COVID-19 Spread
State Actions (Date is Post Date):
CLASP Fact Sheet (10/2020) — FCRA (Families First Coronavirus Response Act) and Paid Leave to Care for a Child
U.S. Senate (7/24/2020) – Whitehouse & Reed Introduce Legislation to Support State Paid Leave Programs During COVID-19 Crisis
U.S. Department of Labor (4/10/2020) – Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights
Family Values at Work (4/6) – Covid-19 Know Your Rights, Coronavirus Federal Legislation that Aids Workers, Overview of Paid Sick, Paid Family Leave, and Unemployment Insurance Laws in the New Coronavirus and CARES Acts, Worker’s Rights Factsheet: Coronavirus Paid Sick Days, Emergency Paid Leave, and Unemployment Insurance (can be customized for local use)
U.S. Department of Labor (4/1) – Temporary rule on regulations regarding relief offered by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, both part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Effective April 1, 2020.
CLASP (3/20) – Families First Fact Sheet on paid and sick leave provision in the Act
NWLC (3/20) – Resource on the paid leave provisions in the Families First Act, how child care workers/providers are left out, and what needs to be done to ensure the child care workforce can take advantage of paid leave
Main Street Alliance (3/20) – Families First Act – What is included that Impacts Small Business & our Employees
National Law Review (3/16) – Paid Leave now Required for Absences Related to the Coronavirus
U.S. Families First Coronavirus Response Act – What’s In the Law
U.S. Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Who Qualifies for Paid Leave Under the New Coronavirus Law? (NYT)
American Bar Association (4/17) – Webinar Recording: Coronavirus: Protecting Safety Net Public Benefits During the Pandemic
Small Business Administration (4/16 ) – Information on Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance
NAEYC (4/10) – Paycheck Protection Program: What Child Care Programs Need to Know, also in Spanish
NAEYC (4/10) – Economic Injury Disaster Loans: What Child Care Programs Need to Know, also in Spanish
Family Values at Work (4/2) – Overview of Paid Sick, Emergency Paid Leave and Unemployment Insurance Laws in the New Coronavirus and CARES Act
First Five Years Fund (4/8) – Small Business Supports in the CARES Act
Center for Law and Social Policy (4/8) – Small Business Loans Aren’t the Answer for Child Care
Small Business Administration (4/8) – Paycheck Protection Program
Small Business Administration (4/8) – Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance
U.S. Department of the Treasury (4/5) – Resources of Paycheck Protection Program
First Five Years Fund (4/3) – Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans Immediately Available to Child Care Providers
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (4/3) – Forgivable Loans for Child Care Providers Through the CARES Act
U.S. Department of Labor (4/3) – Unemployment Insurance Relief During COVID-19 Outbreak
U. S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship (4/1) – The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act
National Employment Law Project: Fact Sheet on Unemployment (3/27) – Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
U. S. Department of Labor: FFCRA FAQs (3/30) – Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers
U. S. Department of Labor: Workplace Notice (3/30) – Model notices for private sector employees on paid sick leave and family medical leave.
Internal Revenue Service: Paid Leave and Tax Credits (3/20) – Treasury, IRS and Labor announce plan to implement Coronavirus-related paid leave for workers and tax credits for small and midsize businesses to swiftly recover the cost of providing Coronavirus-related leave.
Bipartisan Policy Center (3/27) – Unemployment Compensation The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)
Bipartisan Policy Center: Child Care and Unemployment Insurance (3/27) – What the Child Care Community Needs to Know about Unemployment Insurance in the CARES Act
CED (4/28) – Short-Time Compensation (STC) Program (work-sharing)
Illinois Action for Children (4/5) – FAQs: Coronavirus Relief Funding for Child Care Providers
Illinois Action for Children (4/5) – Which Funding Option is Right for Our Organization: A Decision Tool for Child Care Providers
Linchpin Strategies (4/2) – FAQ on Small Business Association Paycheck Protection Program
Linchpin Strategies (4/2) – Guidance for CARES Act Loans
Hunt Institute (4/1) – COVID-19 Policy Considerations: State COVID-19 Fiscal Supports for Child Care
Linchpin Strategies (3/27) – Coronavirus Relief Provisions for Small Non-Profit Organizations Memo
Philadelphia (3/24) – Small business relief including child care.
SENATE-PASSED CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT (CARES ACT) (3/25)
Phase 1: HR 6074: Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, signed into law on March 6, 2020
Phase 2: HR 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act, signed into law on March 19, 2020
Phase 3: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Phase 3: Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act (introduced in the House of Representatives March 23, 2020)
Families First Coronavirus “Families First” Act
EducationCounsel (4/17) – Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER) in the CARES Act
First Five Years Fund (4/17) – Education Stabilization Fund in the CARES Act
Bipartisan Policy Center (4/2) – CCDBG in the CARES Act
First Five Years Fund (4/2) – Overview of Child Care Relief Included in the CARES Act
CLASP (4/2) – Overview of Child Care Provisions in the CARES Act for State Child Care Administrators
Senate Appropriations, Summary of the Senate-passed CARES Act
NCSL (3/25) – COVID-19 Stimulus Bill: What It Means for States
Alliance for Early Success, Policy Paper (9/16/20) – The Build Stronger Child Care Policy Roadmap
First Focus Campaign for Children (4/21) – Letter to Congressional Leaders with Policy Recommendations
CLASP/National Immigration Law Center (NILC) (4/17) – Sign-on Letter to Congress Urging Protections and Services for Immigrant and Undocumented Populations in Covid-19 Pandemic relief legislation
National Home Visiting Coalition (4/9) – Sign-on Letter in support of MIECHV flexibility and emergency funding
National Head Start Association (4/12) – State Policy Agenda
ZERO TO THREE (4/3) – Updated Legislative Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ZERO TO THREE (4/3) – Call to Take Action
First Five Years Fund (3/17) – Urgent Request to Congress for Child Care Sector in COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package
National Diaper Bank Network (3/19) – Sign On Letter Asking Congress to Create an Emergency Grant Program for States and Organizations to Fund Diaper Distribution
Main Street Alliance (3/19) – Urgent Policy Needs to Support Small Business
Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives (ASTHVI) (3/17) – Letter to HRSA Regarding MIECHV Home Visiting Programs and Services
ZERO TO THREE (3/20) – Ten Legislative Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (3/20) – Recommendations for congressional action to address the needs of providers, workers, families and children.
National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) (3/25) – Recommendations on home-based child care providers.
U.S. Department of Agriculture:
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Using USDA Food During a Human Pandemic Outbreak: Options for Schools and Communities
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Child Nutrition Program Waiver Request Guidance and Protocol – Revised
U.S. Department of Agriculture – USDA/Food and Nutrition Services, FNS Actions to Respond to COVID-19
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education (3/25) – Guidance re: Special Education Services
U.S. Department of Education (3/19) – Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families Blog (10/2/2020) — Secretary Azar Extends Public Health Emergency Medicaid Protections for Beneficiaries and States
HHS (3/25) – Guidance Regarding Telehealth
Administration for Children and Families:
Administration for Children and Families – Flexibility in Spending CCDF Funds in Response to Federal or State Declared Emergency Situations
Administration for Children and Families – CCDF Frequently Asked Questions in Response to COVID-19
Administration for Children and Families – CSBG Dear Colleague 2020-15 Partnership to Address COVID-19 Spread
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start – Coronavirus Prevention and Response
Centers for Disease Control:
Centers for Disease Control – Interim guidance for Administrators of US Child Care Programs and Public Schools
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC’s general COVID-19 website
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (4/02) – COVID-19 FAQs for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Agencies
Medicaid/CHIP – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies
Office of Head Start:
Office of Head Start (4/10) – Updated Guidance for Grantees
Office of Head Start (3/18) – Guidance on Wages and Benefits
Office of Head Start – Guidance on Wages and Benefits
Office of Child Care for CCDF:
Updated COVID-19 FAQs (7/27)
Letter from the Office of Child Care for CCDF Lead Agencies: Relevant Flexibility on CCDF law (3/13)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
FEMA’s Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (3/30) – This document includes a designation of child care as an eligible cost for emergency workers.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – Coronavirus: Make Infection Control a Priority
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:
HUD – COVID-19 FAQs for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), including the Project-Based Voucher Program (PBV) and Native American Programs
Community Development Block Grant – Quick Guide to CDBG Eligible Activities to Support Infectious Disease Response
U.S. Small Business Administration:
U.S. Small Business Administration – SBA Disaster Assistance in Response to the Coronavirus
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief Resource Page (3/23)
White House:
White House, National Emergency Declaration
ALLIANCE SUMMARY: State Advocacy Calls to Action – Last Updated April 13, 2020
Arkansas (3/31)
Colorado (3/21) and (4/6) Florida (4/1)
Florida (3/23)
Georgia (3/23)
Hawai’i (3/23)
Idaho (3/18) and (3/18)
Illinois (3/13)
Missouri (3/20)
Nebraska (3/20)
Nevada (3/17)
New Hampshire (3/29)
New Jersey (3/22)
New York (3/27)
North Carolina (3/27) (3/25)
Ohio (3/17)
Oregon (3/27) and (3/29)
Pennsylvania (3/24)
Texas (3/27) and (4/8)
Virginia (3/17) and (4/1)
Washington (4/7)
Wisconsin (3/31)
Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives (3/16) – Letter to Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Services
ALLIANCE SUMMARY: Business Surveys on COVID and Child Care — Last Updated December 21, 2020
ALLIANCE SUMMARY: State Polls and Surveys of Families and Child Care Providers – Last Updated June 5, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing the business of child care, both providers’ ability to operate and parents’ attitudes about putting their children in care. The Alliance for Early Success compiled state and national surveys results to provide a snapshot of the impact of the coronavirus on their needs and attitudes. Survey instruments from state advocacy organizations are also included to provide samples for states interested in surveying parents.
Family Data: Surveys
Delaware Florida Georgia Massachusetts South Carolina Virginia Washington
Family Data: Findings
Florida California (08/2020) (09/2020) DC Georgia (07/2020) (10/2020) Louisiana Massachusetts (5/7) (5/29) (8/1) Montana New York North Carolina (12/2021) South Carolina (08/2020) (09/2020) Virginia
Provider Data: Surveys
Provider Data: Findings
Arkansas California Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska (#2) New Jersey Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia
NAEYC, A State-by-State Look at the Ongoing Effects of the Pandemic on Child Care
National Data: Findings
NIEER (2/2021) — Seven Impacts of the Pandemic on Young Children and their Parents: Initial Findings from NIEER’s December 2020 Preschool Learning Activities Survey
US Chamber of Commerce (1/2021) — Essential Care for Essential Workers
University of Oregon (weekly) – Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development, Early Childhood Household Survey
National Association for the Education of Young Children (12/2020) — State Data: Child Care Providers are Sacrificing to Stay Open and Waiting for Relief
National Association for the Education of Young Children (12/2020) — Am I Next? Sacrificing to Stay Open, Child Care Providers Face a Bleak Future Without Relief
Urban Institute (12/2020) — Six Months into the Pandemic, 40 Percent of Parents with Young Children Have Experienced Economic Fallout
American Enterprise Institute (11/2020) — Employment and Safety Net Survey, Wave I
National Center for Children in Poverty (9/2020) – Early Childhood State Policy Profiles (a two-generation view of current policies affecting children birth through age 8, nationally and state-by-state, in the areas of early care and education, health, and parenting/family economic supports)
National Center for Children in Poverty (9/2020) – Young Child Risk Calculator
The Bipartisan Policy Center/Morning Consult (9/15/2020) – Poll: Online Schooling a Logistical Nightmare for Working Parents
Latino Decisions in Partnership with Abriendo Puertos/Opening Doors (8/2020) – Latino Parent Voices: What are Families Need Now
Child Trends (8/1/2020) – How States Can Use Early Care and Education Provider Surveys to Develop COVID-19 Response Strategies
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (7/1/2020) – COVID Impact on Child Care
Urban Institute (5/21/2020) – Parents Are Struggling to Provide for Their Families during the Pandemic
Bipartisan Policy Center (4/10/2020) – Nationwide Survey: Child Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Urban Institute (7/24) “Meeting the School-Age Child Care Needs of Working Parents Facing COVID-19 Distance Learning”
State of Oregon, Office of the Governor (7/6) “Early Learners Council Will Advise Programs Serving Children, Birth to Eight, on Safely Reopening and Staying Open”
State of Oregon, Office of the Governor (7/7) “Healthy Schools Reopening Council”
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (7/21-24) “Guidance from State Agencies ” , “Recommendations from Advocates” , and “Recommendations for State Superintendent”
National Resources/Perspectives
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies
Southern Regional Education Board
Chalkbeat Article (4/16/20)
NPR story (4/24/20)
The 74 Article (5/11/20)
State Resources/Actions
Colorado (early learning content)
General
National Association of State Boards of Education (7/31) “Remote Learning in Early Childhood”
National P-3 Center (8/1) “School-based PreK, Kindergarten, and the Early Grades: Fall Re-Entry Planning in a Pandemic“
Colorado (topics include special education, remote learning, and transition)
Early Literacy
Remote Learning/Technology
National Organizations
CCSSO – Supporting PreK-3 Education During COVID-19
CCSSO-NIEER Webinars
New America – New Pointers on Early Ed and Tech
New America – Distance Learning for Young Children and Their Families
New America – Online Learning in the Wake of COVID-19
NASBE – Remote Learning Policy Update
States
National Organizations
NASBE (early learning content)
Urban Institute – Mapping Student Needs during COVID-19: An Assessment of Remote Learning Environments
CCSSO – Supporting PreK-3 Education During COVID-19
CCSSO-NIEER Webinars (early learning content)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New America (early learning content)
New America (early learning content)
New America (early learning content)
States
Connecticut (early learning content)
Oklahoma (early learning content)
Oregon (early learning content)
Virginia (early learning content)
West Virginia (early learning content)
National Organizations
Council of Chief State School Officers (11/2020) — Restart and Recovery: Considerations for Teaching and Learning: Pre-K to 3rd Grade Recovery in School Year 2020-2021
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Federation of Teachers
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Johns Hopkins eSchool+ Initiative
Office of Head Start – Family Communications and Staff Support, Webinar Series, and Offering Services During the Pandemic
Science Magazine – Article on Global School Re-openings
Urban Institute – Policy options for school-aged childcare
States
National Organizations
CCSSO-NIEER Webinar (early learning content)
National Summer Learning Association
States
Mississippi (executive order)
National Women’s Law Center (1/2021) — Rebuilding Stronger: State Playbook for Gender Justice
Child Trends (8/18/20) – Supporting Families and Child Care Providers during the Pandemic with a Focus on Equity
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (5/21) – Three Principles for an Anti-Racist, Equitable State Response to COVID-19-and Stronger Recovery
The Atlantic (5/25) – The COVID Racial Data Tracker
State of Minnesota (5/1) – The Community Resiliency and Recovery Overview is tracking race and ethnicity as it relates to COVID-19 and unemployment, education, housing, and corrections data.
PolicyLink (5/1) – COVID-10 & Race page
The Opportunity Agenda (3/9) – Talking About COVID-19: A Call for Racial, Economic, and Health Equity
Harvard University Center on the Developing Child (4/27) – Thinking About Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts Through a Science-Informed, Early Childhood Lens
Embrace Race (4/16) – Webinar: What COVID-19 Tells Us About Structural Racism
Harvard University Center on the Developing Child (4/23) – The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition, A Different World
Brookings Institute (4/10) – How to Reduce the Racial Gap in COVID-19 Deaths
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (4/10) – States and Localities Step Up to Support Immigrant Families When Congress Fails
National Black Child Development Institute (4/18) – Policy Recommendations for Alliance Partners: Keeping Racial Equity as a Priority During COVID-19
Minnesota Budget Project (4/7) – Racial equity should be at the core of coronavirus responses
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (4/1) – Tribal Nations – Highly Vulnerable to COVID-19 – Need More Federal Relief
Child Trends (3/30) – COVID-19’s Forgotten Children
Children’s Institute (Oregon) (3/27) – Coalition of public and private children’s organizations, including funders, make recommendations regarding child care to the Governor’s Office
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (3/26) – The Next Coronavirus Bill Must Address Immigrants, Youth, and Other Overlooked Populations
BUILD Initiative (3/25) – Equity and the Pandemic: States, Funders, and Advocates Must Tailor Resources for the Most Vulnerable Children, Families, and Communities
Center for American Progress (3/19) – The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Racial Wealth Gap
NAACP – Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States
Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University (3/30) – “Webinar: Implications of the Pandemic for Health Equity”
Council on Black Health – Fact Sheet: What Coronavirus means for Black Communities
CLASP (11/19/20) — The Dual Crisis: How the COVID-19 Recession Deepens Racial and Economic Inequality Among Communities of Color
The Hill (4/12) – New Mexico Governor says State Faces Unique Challenges Responding to Covid-19 in Native American Communities
New York Times (4/9) – Checkpoints, Curfews, Airlifts: Virus Rips Through Navajo Nation
Southwest Women’s Law Center (4/7) – Presentation: Impact of Covid-19 on New Mexico Tribal Communities
American Bar Association (4/8) – Webinar- Issues Affecting Native American Communities During the COVID-19 Crisis
Urban Institute (12/2020) — Forty Percent of Black and Hispanic Parents of School-Age Children Are Food Insecure
CLASP (11/19/20) — The Dual Crisis: How the COVID-19 Recession Deepens Racial and Economic Inequality Among Communities of Color
Block Club Chicago (4/5) – 70% Of People Dying From Coronavirus In Chicago Are Black, Report Says
Color of Change (4/5) – Coronavirus Poses Racial Justice Concerns in Every Aspect of Society
ProPublica (4/3) – Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate”
Milwaukie Journal Sentinel (4/3) – A Perfect Storm: African Americans in Milwaukee, Already Facing Health Disparities, Hit Hard by Coronavirus
The Atlantic (4/1) –Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are?
The Root (3/31) – Black Communities are on the Frontline of the Corid-19 Pandemic. Here’s Why.
EcoWatch (4/9) –Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Disproportionate Coronavirus Infections
NCCP (4/27) – Do States’ Immigrant-Friendly Policies Improve the Health of Children of Immigrants?
New York Times (4/12) – An Immigrant Community is Facing a ‘Catastrophic’ Pandemic Without Help
Slate (4/10) – America is Abandoning its Shadow Workforce
National Review (4/8) – California Governor Planning Aid for Illegal Immigrants Amid Coronavirus
Washington Post (4/4) –Undocumented Workers Among Those Hit First—and Worst—by the Coronavirus”
Minnesota Reformer (4/3) – Minneapolis Creates $5 Million Relief Fund Available to Undocumented Residents
Migration Policy Institute (3/26) – Crisis Within a Crisis: Immigration in the United States in a time of Covid-19
Center for American Progress (3/26) – Coronavirus Proposals Leave the Disability Community Behind
NBC News (4/12) – Coronavirus Could Decimate Latino Wealth, Which Was Hammered by the Great Depression”
CityLab (3/30) – Black Businesses Left Behind in Covid-19 Relief
Center for American Progress (3/19) – The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Racial Wealth Gap
Chronicle of Philanthropy (4/3) – Asian American Grant Makers Call on Philanthropy to End Violence and Bias on the Rise as Coronavirus Spreads”
United Philanthropy Forum (3/18) – Joint PSO Statement: Keep Equity at the Forefront in Philanthropy’s Response to the Coronavirus
State Messaging Quick Guide: Calling for New Investment in Essential Child Care Infrastructure
As we turn our focus from emergency child care to building a strong early care system for the future, it is important to frame child care as a fundamental necessity that requires significant and smart investment. This guide gives an overview of talking about child care as infrastructure and includes sample language, talking points, tips and sample social media posts.
First Five Years Fund (9/2020) — Bipartisan Polling: Voters Now View Child Care As An Essential Service Like Healthcare and Education
Frameworks Institute (4/2020) – Framing COVID-19: Talking About What Comes Next
General Information and Guidance
Bipartisan Policy Center (6/8) – Child Care Infrastructure and COVID-19: A New Reality
Open Strong: Five Crucial Issue Areas for State Early Childhood Advocates and Policymakers to Promote the Reopening of a Strong, Safe, Equitable, and Well-Funded Child-Care Sector in Their States (6/7) –The Alliance for Early Success Open Strong working group has released its full report, as well as a summary version.
First Children’s Finance (6/5) –Recommendations for Reopening Child Care Businesses Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Home Grown’s State Leadership and Administrator Guide created to facilitate and promote prioritization of supports for home-based child care
State Reopening Plans
Liability Issues
Testing and Health Care Provisions
Alliance for Early Success (9/16/2020) — The Build Stronger Child Care Policy Roadmap. If you missed the release, you can follow this link for the roadmap, supporting resources, and a recording of the release webinar.
Center for American Progress (10/29/2020) — Six State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond
Child Care Aware (9/2020) — Picking Up the Pieces: Building a Better Child Care System Post COVID-19
Capita (4/27/2020) – Elliot Haspel’s A (Mostly Serious) 10-year Plan to Transform U.S. Child Care
Home Grown’s State Leadership and Administrator Guide, created to facilitate and promote prioritization of supports for home-based child care
Bipartisan Policy Center (4/23/2020) – Recommendations for Home-Based Child Care Networks
Opportunities Exchange (04/2020) – Reinvent vs. Rebuild: Let’s Fix the Child Care System, by Louise Stoney
Opportunities Exchange (4/2020) – Defining Staffed Family Child Care Networks
State Actions
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (3/20) – ECF has launched a curated list of rapidly developing resources and updates for early childhood funders related to COVID-19.
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