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What can McKinney-Vento Act data reveal about youth homelessness?
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Child Care
In 2021, women were still responsible for the majority of childcare and housework across all racial groups and most age groups.
Over 40% of Planned Parenthood revenue comes from government reimbursements and grants.
Children younger than 1 year old have the highest rates of victimization.
Child Care
For a middle-income family, housing accounts for the largest share of child-rearing costs at 29%.
Fifty-four percent of parents who were owed child support did not receive the full amount in 2017.
Child Care
Families with children no longer have an expanded child tax credit to help pay for the cost of care.
The American Families Plan would invest $200 billion into public pre-k.
The American Rescue Plan temporarily increased the child tax credit per child and expanded eligibility for lower income families.
As concerns about the spread of COVID-19 continue, administrators are deciding whether to start instruction for the new school year online, in person or a hybrid of both.
As of 2018, 46% of children aged three to four were not enrolled in any pre-primary program, including preschool and kindergarten.
