San Diego County Child Care Blueprint
County Announces New Child Care Blueprint to Help Families
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It’s Time: Make the CTC Permanent
Congress needs to step up and offer relief by making the expanded, monthly Child Tax Credit permanent.
Read MoreMeasure H Headed For Approval
Should Measure H pass, dozens of city recreation centers will be reviewed to determine if they can allow childcare.
Read MoreEnding Childhood Poverty
The child tax credit had historic bipartisan support—let’s start there
Read MoreMake Cash Assistance Programs Permanent
Direct cash pilots often expire without building grassroots support for the program.
Read MoreAmerica - show up for working moms
Women are the center of our economy, care systems & essential work — but they aren’t at the center of our policies.
Read MoreThousands of Childcare Slots Were Lost
10% of San Diego's licensed care options officially closed, and many more are yet to open.
Read MoreGuaranteed income program launches
150 households in San Diego are receiving monthly $500 guaranteed income payments
Read MoreNew Study Highlights Cost of Child Care
In California, the average annual cost of infant care is nearly $17,000, $8,925 more than in-state college tuition
Read MoreSan Diego will pilot Guaranteed Income
The pandemic has exposed the foolishness of blaming individuals for structural and systemic problems
Read MoreProgress Reports
2024 Impact Report
We are on a mission to cut the experience of child poverty in half in San Diego County by 2030.
Read MoreIdeas to Alleviate Economic Disparity
Khea Pollard speaks in front of the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Read MoreRegion’s First Guaranteed Income Project
San Diego for Every Child to Receive $1.4 Million from State Budget
Read MoreResearch
2024-25 Child Care Budget Analysis
Read MoreCensus Bureau’s 2022 Poverty Data
Analyzing the Census Bureau’s 2022 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data
Read MoreBabies in the Budget
A report by ZERO TO THREE and First Focus on Children — examines federal investment in our youngest children.
Read MoreThe 2022 California Children Report Card
A survey of kids’ well-being and roadmap for the future
Read More50-State Progress Report
The report provides crucial state-by-state context, offering a snapshot of the early childhood policy landscape.
Read MoreFirst Step to Equity
A St. Louis community-led response to the First Step to Equity report.
Read MoreCTC: Many Families Have Enough to Eat
The most common way people used the Child Tax Credit payments was for food.
Read MoreData from San Diego Hunger Coalition
SDHC releases quarterly updates on the status of nutrition insecurity, food assistance, and the meal gap.
Read MoreMayors for a Guaranteed Income
A bipartisan majority of Americans support a guaranteed income and the CTC expansion
Read MoreDismantling Poverty in WA
The goal of this strategic plan is to build a just and equitable future for all.
Read MoreWhat We're Reading
ABC Coalition Advocating for the CTC
CBS Evening News talks to parent Raegen Selden on the CTC
Read MoreData Shows Need for CTC & Family Support
Census Bureau released data indicating that families with children experienced high rates of financial hardship.
Read MoreCTC Changes Child Poverty Rates
In September 2024, the Census Bureau released data on poverty in 2023.
Read MoreCO Thriving Providers Project (TPP)
The Colorado Thriving Providers Project Report presents findings from the initial pilot.
Read MoreGuaranteed Income Works
Dive into the latest study by Abt Associates, revealing how guaranteed income pilots are transforming lives.
Read MoreExperiences of Poverty Around Birth
New research note on poverty risk for mothers around time of birth.
Read MoreA Plan to Reduce Poverty for Families
Policy brief on how cash assistance can support mothers and infants.
Read MoreEffects of the CTC on Household Spending
New analysis on how families spent monthly CTC payments.
Read MoreThe Importance of Simplified Filing
Code for America's learnings from GetCTC, a simplified filing tool to help people access the Child Tax Credit
Read MoreChild Tax Credit & Mental Health
The CTC improved the mental health of adults in the lowest-income families
Read MoreBecome a Community Champion
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Community Champions are individuals and neighborhood groups across San Diego County who believe that we can cut the experience of child poverty in half by 2030.