Affordable child care is essential to keeping kids safe so parents can work. Without access to safe affordable child care, parents may be unable to work or children may be left in unsafe situations. Nebraska took a step backwards in helping parents afford child care when eligibility for child care…...
The sequester’s impact in Nebraska, Part 6: Economic Stability
In the sixth post on the federal sequester’s impact on Nebraska’s kids we will investigates cuts to programs that assist low-income families on their path to economic self-sufficiency. See the first five posts in the sequester series here: Sequester Overview, Head Start, Education, Public Health, and Child Care. We want all families to…...
A step forward on child care
Kids are especially vulnerable during their first five years of life and this is also a time when research has concluded that significant and important brain development occurs. The caregivers that children have during this time are important for keeping kids safe and the interactions that they have with kids…...
Coming in Last: Nebraska’s Child Care Subsidy Program
Nebraska’s kids need your voice! Today, the state legislature will consider one of the most critical investments we can make in kids this year. Child care is critical to ensuring that kids are safe and parents can work. The child care subsidy program helps working parents access licensed care that…...
Individual Development Accounts
All Nebraska families deserve the opportunity to live “the good life,” but for many years, policies that encourage families to build & sustain assets as a means of financial security have left lower income families out. New ways to help families build assets have demonstrated success and are a potential…...
