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EAPs can reduce stress, depression, and workplace issues, yet many employees don't use them. Learn why misconceptions, stigma, and poor communication limit participation—and what employers can do to build trust and boost awareness.

Many employers want to support frontline workers with childcare but aren't sure where to start. This briefing explains the landscape, key considerations for leaders, and actionable steps to help working parents succeed.

This factsheet explains cafeteria benefits, flexible spending accounts, and dependent care FSAs—how they work, who has access, and how pre-tax contributions can help employees lower costs for health care and child or elder care.

Unpredictable retail and food service schedules—on-call shifts and last-minute changes—leave parents scrambling for child care. This study shows how unstable work hours lead to lower-quality arrangements and why schedule stability benefits kids.

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.

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.

See how Pennsylvania's 4th grade reading scores compare to national averages and past years. The report breaks down proficiency levels, trends, demographic score gaps, and how different student groups performed in 2019.

Pennsylvania families face some of the nation's toughest child-care costs. Infant care in centers tops $12K a year, far exceeding the federal affordability standard and often outpacing housing or tuition bills.

Learn how limited child care during the pandemic forced many PA families to reduce hours or leave jobs—and how employers felt the impact. This report outlines key survey findings and the growing need for child-care support in the workplace.

EAPs can reduce stress, depression, and workplace issues, yet many employees don't use them. Learn why misconceptions, stigma, and poor communication limit participation—and what employers can do to build trust and boost awareness.

This study shows how perceived pregnancy discrimination increases maternal stress, leading to higher postpartum depression and negative infant outcomes like lower birth weight and more medical visits. A powerful look at why supportive workplaces matter.

Many employers want to support frontline workers with childcare but aren't sure where to start. This briefing explains the landscape, key considerations for leaders, and actionable steps to help working parents succeed.

This report summarizes a 2021 national survey of households with children, revealing high rates of lost savings, trouble paying for basics and rent, difficulty accessing child care and preschool, significant learning loss, and rising anxiety and stress among kids during the COVID-19 delta wave.

This factsheet explains cafeteria benefits, flexible spending accounts, and dependent care FSAs—how they work, who has access, and how pre-tax contributions can help employees lower costs for health care and child or elder care.

Explore how child care costs strain ALICE households in Pennsylvania. This resource highlights rising tuition, low wages for early learning workers, and why increased funding is critical to help families access reliable, high-quality care.

Learn about guidelines, recommendations, and data related to breastfeeding. Also learn reasons why mothers stop breastfeeding earlier than they intended and how to support them.

This report highlights the real challenges pregnant workers and new mothers face on the job—from denied accommodations to bias, reduced hours, and breastfeeding barriers. Explore national data on what families experience and what policies are needed to support them.

Despite economic recovery, 1.8 million fewer women are working than before COVID-19. This piece highlights the caregiving pressures, safety concerns, and career transitions that continue to keep many women at home.

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.

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.

According to the United Way of Pennsylvania, roughly one in three families are financially strained working families known as ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).

There is no doubt that high-quality early childhood education (ECE) is a win for everyone - children, parents, employers, and our economy. Yet this critical sector is on the brink of a breakdown.

Professor Heckman's research shows that early childhood programs from birth to age five offer a 13% annual ROI—higher than preschool alone. Learn how these programs improve education, health, social behavior, and lifelong earning potential.

Having a better understanding of the early learning needs in your community, can help to address the need for affordable, quality early childhood care and education for all children in Pennsylvania.

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.

Child care challenges are forcing millions of mothers to cut hours, turn down promotions, or leave their jobs entirely. Using national survey data, this report shows how better access to reliable, affordable child care would boost women's employment, family income, and the overall economy.

This report highlights ACT performance, STEM interest, and career readiness among Pennsylvania's 2019 graduates. See trends in test scores, college readiness benchmarks, STEM engagement, and the state's postsecondary outcomes.

This report details the high cost of child care in Pennsylvania—where infant care rivals rent and tuition, and low-wage workers must work nearly a full year just to cover care. Learn how affordability challenges affect families, workers, and the economy.

Pennsylvania's child care crisis now carries a $6.65B yearly price tag, driven by parent absences, employer productivity loss, and long-term impacts on children. High costs, limited access, and quality shortages leave families struggling and employers unable to rely on a stable workforce.

Early childhood educators are the workforce behind the workforce. However, child care providers in Pennsylvania earn less than $13 an hour.

A 2021 survey found child care breakdowns cost PA employers heavily—54% lost workers and 38% saw high child care need. Most had no system to gauge needs and were unaware of available resources, though many want better ways to support working families.

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 brief explains the core science behind early brain development and why the birth-to-five period shapes future learning, health, and economic outcomes. A clear look at how early investment strengthens communities and long-term prosperity.

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.

Unpredictable retail and food service schedules—on-call shifts and last-minute changes—leave parents scrambling for child care. This study shows how unstable work hours lead to lower-quality arrangements and why schedule stability benefits kids.

Child care is consuming a growing share of family income. Low-income working parents spend more than one-third of what they earn, and many juggle multiple care arrangements. This brief explains why costs are rising and who is most affected.

This study shows how perceived pregnancy discrimination increases maternal stress, leading to higher postpartum depression and negative infant outcomes like lower birth weight and more medical visits. A powerful look at why supportive workplaces matter.

Despite economic recovery, 1.8 million fewer women are working than before COVID-19. This piece highlights the caregiving pressures, safety concerns, and career transitions that continue to keep many women at home.

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.

There is no doubt that high-quality early childhood education (ECE) is a win for everyone - children, parents, employers, and our economy. Yet this critical sector is on the brink of a breakdown.

Professor Heckman's research shows that early childhood programs from birth to age five offer a 13% annual ROI—higher than preschool alone. Learn how these programs improve education, health, social behavior, and lifelong earning potential.

Having a better understanding of the early learning needs in your community, can help to address the need for affordable, quality early childhood care and education for all children in Pennsylvania.

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.

Child care challenges are forcing millions of mothers to cut hours, turn down promotions, or leave their jobs entirely. Using national survey data, this report shows how better access to reliable, affordable child care would boost women's employment, family income, and the overall economy.

This brief explains the core science behind early brain development and why the birth-to-five period shapes future learning, health, and economic outcomes. A clear look at how early investment strengthens communities and long-term prosperity.

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.