Want Economic Growth? Start by Investing in Child Care
February 27, 2023 by Carrie Gillispie, Antoinette Waller Politicians often tout healthy signs of the economy: people getting jobs, buying homes, and going back to school. But in a recent Delaware survey, 4 out of 5 families lack…
State of the Union – Child Care as a National Priority
February 08, 2023 by Carrie Gillispie “Let’s make sure working parents can afford to raise a family with sick days, paid family medical leave, affordable child care. That’s going to enable millions more people to go…
Lack of Access to Child Care Subsidies Is a Barrier to Student-Parent Completion & Success
December 19, 2022 by Antoinette J. Waller, Gabriel Montague, Brittani Williams “I make too much to qualify for child care assistance but not enough to afford child care”– a student-father enrolled in a bridge program between a two-year and a four-year…
Child Care & College Affordability are Linked, & Leaders Must Address Both
August 17, 2022 by Ed Trust A new report from The Education Trust and Generation Hope finds that there is no state in which a student parent can work 10 hours per week at the minimum…
For Student Parents, The Biggest Hurdles to A Higher Education are Costs and Finding Child Care
August 17, 2022 by Brittani Williams, Jinann Bitar, Portia Polk, Gabriel Montague, Carrie Gillispie, Antoinette Waller, Azeb Tadesse, Kayla C. Elliott, Andre Nguyen It's hard to be a student parent. College students who are parenting must juggle work and family responsibilities while…
Many Determined College Students Are Also Dedicated Parents: A Preview of the Student Parent Affordability Report
August 09, 2022 by Brittani Williams The typical image of a college student is a fresh-faced freshman right out of high school, right? But that doesn’t reflect today’s reality. In fact, more than one-fifth of all…
Expanding Child Care is Crucial to the U.S. Economy
March 07, 2022 by Carrie Gillispie In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden emphasized cutting the cost of child care as a key action the nation can take to “change the standard…
Candidates’ “Free College” Proposals Must be More Inclusive of College Students with Children. Here’s How.
July 30, 2019 by Susana Contreras-Mendez, Tessa Holtzman, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse More than half of the 2020 presidential candidates support some version of “free college” as a strategy to combat the rising cost of college. Whether or not “free college” is…
Parenting and Postsecondary Education: Supporting Student Parents in Illinois
February 11, 2019 by Jessie Gotsdiner, Katie Berger Ask your neighbors and friends about the most significant and challenging expenses they face, and you’ll likely hear a few common responses—housing, health care, child care, and college tuition. For…