Updated each week with the latest child care and early learning stats you need to know.| First Five Years Fund
For FY26, 285 Members of Congress called for increased funding for federal early childhood education and care programs including 238 Democrats and 47 Republicans.| First Five Years Fund
Sarah Rittling sat down with award-winning chef, restaurateur, and advocate Andrew Zimmern for a conversation about the intersection of child care, working families, and the restaurant industry.| First Five Years Fund
WASHINGTON – The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and a coalition of 146 major early education advocacy organizations from 36 states have a new letter to| First Five Years Fund
On Monday afternoon, the House Ways and Means Committee released the full text of their bill to reauthorize the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ahead of| First Five Years Fund
This week, FFYF, Child Care Aware of America, NAEYC, and the National Head Start Association hosted an inside look at the Congressional Appropriations process, which funds our nation’s main child care and early learning programs.| First Five Years Fund
The First Five Years Fund hosted Congressional staff for its annual bipartisan “ABCs of Federal Child Care and Early Learning” briefing.| First Five Years Fund
A statement from Sarah Rittling, Executive Director of First Five Years Fund, on the impact this request has on child care and early learning programs and what Congress needs to do next.| First Five Years Fund