Resources

This report will delve into three priority areas, highlighting the issues that demand urgent action. Moreover, we will provide recommendations to address the challenges in these priority areas, ensuring equitable access and opportunities for all children and families in early learning programs.

Discover how child care benefits boost retention, reduce absences, and deliver up to 425% ROI. This report highlights real employers proving that supporting working parents strengthens culture, productivity, and the bottom line.

ReadyNation and the Council for a Strong America's "2.4 Billion: The Annual Cost of PA's Child Care Crisis for Working Mothers" details the amount lost in earnings, productivity, and tax revenue due to gaps in the child care system.

Explore the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's practical roadmap for employers looking to support working families through child care vouchers or subsidies. This guide walks you step-by-step through what to offer, how to launch a program, and the business benefits you can expect along the way.

Topline Report Findings from 2023: $6.65 BILLION, The Growing Cost of Pennsylvania's Child Care Crisis, and The High Cost of Work in Early Childhood Education (A workforce on the brink of collapse).

This report shows how child care challenges impact Pennsylvania businesses. Learn where employer supports fall short, what solutions workers need, and how interested companies are in site-based or statewide child care strategies.

PA Navigate helps families find child care, housing support, food resources, transportation aid, and other services in one place. Use this tool to quickly connect with local programs that make daily life more stable and manageable.

For Pennsylvania, inadequate child care options impose substantial and long-lasting consequences. The verdict: an annual economic cost of $6.65 billion in lost earnings, productivity, and revenue.

All children born in 2019 and after to PA residents, including children who are adopted, have a Keystone Scholars account in their name with $100 for postsecondary education expenses.

This report looks deeper at Pennsylvania's child care and pre-k system complexities and recommends the improvements necessary to ensure the system functions equitably and increases access and affordability for all families in the commonwealth.

The rising cost of childcare is making life impossible for parents. Use the MarketWatch calculator to track the expense where you live.

The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley and Child Care Aware® of America teamed up to create a new video that explains why parents cannot afford to pay and educators cannot afford to stay and proposes a solution for a better way to support children, their families, and early educators.