Voters across the states largely approved funding for children, though some holdouts remain.
Some experts say the federal government -- not the states -- must do the heavy lifting.
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Parenting, Child Care, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024 (LOI)
Skyrocketing child care costs and staffing shortages have complicated arrangements for working parents.
Investor-backed chains manage an estimated one in 10 child care centers in the country.
Workers are exceptionally hard to unionize, due to high turnover rates and geographic spread.
Losing federal funds could force more than 70,000 licensed childcare facilities to close.
In Minnesota, parents paid childcare costs among the most expensive in the country.
Nearly half of all licensed home childcares closed between 2005 and 2017.
Forty-seven. That's how many days of childcare Kathryn Anne Edwards' 3-year-old missed last year.
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Early Care/Education, Nutrition, Food Access, Family Leave | Amount: Varied | Deadline: Sept. 6, 2022
GRANT FOCUS: Early Care, Childcare, Early Education, Preschool, Educator Support, Education | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 28, 2022
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare, Early Care, Early Childhood, Child Welfare, Child Safety, Family Support | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Sept. 1,...
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Child/Youth Development, Environment, Safety, School, Childcare | Amount: Up to $315,000 | Deadline: June 1, 2020
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Family Support, Food Access, Housing, Healthcare Access, Childcare | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Food Access, Childcare, Mental Health, Family Support | Amount: $10,000 - $25,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Human Services, Child Welfare, Childcare, Family Support, Food Access, Community | Amount: $1,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare, Caregiver Support, Family Support, Colorado | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Feb. 15, 2020; June 15, 2020
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare, Education, Culture, Healthcare, Connecticut | Amount: $5,000 - $75,000 | Deadline: Dec. 13, 2019 (LOI)