Education Fund

Child Care 101: Child Care Deserts

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract...

Nueva York necesita un cuidado infantil que funcione para las familias y los proveedores

Cuando mi primogénito tenía dos años descubrí una pequeña guardería encantadora que quedaba a unos diez minutos a pie de mi casa. Era perfecta: el horario funcionaba para nosotros, tenía educadores que hablaban español y le daban comida casera a mi hijo. ¡Incluso tenía un espacio al aire libre...

New York Needs Child Care to Work For Families and Providers

When my firstborn was two years old, I discovered a lovely little child care center that was about a 10 minute walk from my home. It was perfect: it had the hours that worked for us, it had Spanish-speaking educators, and fed my child home-cooked meals. It also had an outdoor space in the back! (If...