New research from CLASP Child Care & Early Education shows that only 17.2% of eligible kids in Arizona receive child care assistance through CCDBG under state eligibility requirements. Read about inequities in child care eligibility & access by race, ethnicity, & state: clasp.org/publications/r…

To learn how climate change is affecting early childhood development, read our new brief, "Growing Up in a Warming World" bit.ly/3XF16Wx

The crisis is only going to continue to grow unless we do something different!

There is some really amazing work coming out on how climate change is impacting the development of young children. Check it out!

30% of US children under 13 qualify for a CCDBG subsidy under federal income limits, but only 20% are eligible under state requirements. Strict income thresholds at the state level are often the result of limited resources and other state policy decisions. clasp.org/publications/r…

It’s simple. Public investment in child care is an investment in women, families, and our economy. Learn more: nwlc.org/resource/cliff…

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the Arizona Agenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part One of Three.

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the Arizona Agenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part Two of Three. AZHSA

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the Arizona Agenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part Three of Three. First Things First

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Thank you to AZECA’S partners and Governor Katie Hobbs for securing $45M in child care assistance funding to help Arizona children and their families access high quality child care!

Arizona Parents! DES is opening up the child care assistance wait list! Letters were sent to eligible families on July 11th. Families MUST reply by July 25th in order to reprocess their applications. Don't miss out on this opportunity to access high quality early education!

Arizona’s child care waitlist now has almost 10,000 kids on it! That’s 10,000 lives on hold due to unaffordable child care! #10000Kids #ChildcareWaitlist

Thanks to all who joined us for AZECA Early Childhood Day at the Capitol!