Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign
By: Jasmine Garsd Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive [...]
America’s child care problem is an economic problem
“Families are not okay,” one expert says. It’s making the [...]
I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.
Mothers engage in 300 more hours of paid work per [...]
‘You’re stuck’: America wants to reopen its economy. It won’t happen without schools or child care
By BRACEY HARRIS For all the talk of getting America [...]
Coronavirus pandemic forces millions of working women into “impossible” roles
By KELSEY MICKLAS The unemployment crisis sparked by the global coronavirus [...]
Child Care Supports For The Construction Trades: Building and Sustaining Diversity in Oregon
The construction industry in Oregon is booming. Employment has grown steadily since 2010 and is now higher than during the pre-recession boom (Simonson 2019b). Yet, meeting demand is difficult for many companies. In a recent survey, close to 90 percent of construction industry employers in Oregon
Let’s Treat Women Workers like Millennials and Give them what they Want
Lifting Up the Need for Supports and Childcare for Women [...]
Head Start-College Partnerships as a Strategy for Promoting Family Economic Success: A Study of Benefits, Challenges, and Promising Programs
DOWNLOAD REPORT Introduction and Summary Improving family economic [...]
A Woman-Centered Economic Agenda: 8 Policies that Boost the Economy and Work for Everyone
This fact sheet outlines eight key policy priorities that are critical for increasing women’s economic opportunities and securing their futures.
The Business Case for Childcare
Nearly one in 10 people in the world are younger [...]
