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Caregiving
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Many caregivers and single moms don’t vote. Will 2024 change that?
Care has entered the 2024 discourse — and organizations are working to lower barriers for these voters in a political system that has sidelined them.
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Alabama is the only state with no mothers of school-age children in legislature
A new report finds that, nationwide, only a very small fraction of lawmakers are mothers of minors.
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Will the VP debate clarify whether Trump and Vance have a plan for child care?
Voters in both parties overwhelmingly want to hear how each campaign will help families secure high-quality, lower-cost child care. But only Kamala Harris has put forth a plan.
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States are turning to employers to boost child care benefits
Seventeen states offer tax credits to businesses that operate or contract out for child care services for their employees.
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Trump said 'child care is child care.' Voters want more than that.
Child care now finds itself in the spotlight of this election cycle, with Harris and Trump taking very different approaches in how they talk about it.
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Care.com misled caregivers and families — and made it ‘impossible’ to cancel, the FTC claims
Care, a site that connects users with caregivers, will pay $8.5 million to settle the agency’s claims that it inflated the number of jobs available and how much providers could expect to earn.
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It's Moms' Equal Pay Day — and the numbers don't look great
New data shows just how little single moms make compared to other parents.
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A bigger child tax credit isn't coming. The Senate just voted against it.
The bill, which passed the House earlier this year, would have aided 16 million children. But Senate Republicans said it could disincentivize work and hand the election to Democrats.
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What’s behind the explosion of apprenticeships in early childhood education?
Apprenticeship has been a popular career pathway for many occupations. In early care and education, however, there was limited uptake of the model. Recently, that has changed — and fast.
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The Momala Economy: The candidate caregivers have been waiting for
Kamala Harris has long advocated for paid leave, child care and long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities.