Supporting Pregnancy With The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
As reproductive rights have become an issue across our nation, one of the few areas of general agreement is often the need to support pregnant women. After being reintroduced each…
What Do Utah Working Parents Want?
The Kem C. Garner Policy Institute issued a report of their statewide survey of Utah Parents’ preferences for work/life balance. As to be expected, parents want lots of choices when…
Funding Investments In Early Care And Education
Since the Inflation Reduction Act did not contain any additional funding for early childhood care and education, the two ideas with current Republican support are reforming the child tax credit…
Why Are Summit County Child-Care Centers Closing?
With the recent announcement of the upcoming expected closure of the Park City School District Child Care Center and the closing of AristoCats in Kamas last year, many community members…
Helping Children Thrive: The Power of the Collective
Access to childcare is an essential part of our community fabric. Yet, too many families in our community cannot find nor afford child care. According to the family budget…
Thank You Office Of Child Care For The Youth And Early Care Workforce Bonus
These past few years have been very hard on the early care and education workforce. These are difficult, demanding, high-exposure jobs that ensure that other parents can work. In recognition…
Thank You Summit County For Investing In Child Care
Thank you Summit County for recognizing that child care is a vital need in our community, worthy of public investment. As part of the development of the FJ Gillmor Subdivision,…
Mixed-Status Families Can Apply For Child-Care Subsidies In Utah Starting In April
In response to numerous public comments, Utah has revised its rules regarding eligibility for child-care subsidies. On December 1, 2021, Utah’s Department of Workforce Services posted a notice of change…
Utah’s Kids Deserve A Statewide Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate, high-quality books each month to children under age five, without any other restrictions or eligibility criteria. These books are delivered directly to children’s…
Utah Is Still Denying Access To Child-Care Subsidies For U.S. Children Living With Undocumented Immigrant Parents
As was recently featured in KPCW’s story, Utah has responded to federal guidance instructing them not to check the citizenship status of the parents when qualifying families for the federally-funded…
Utah’s Prenatal-To-3 State Policy Roadmap
The University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs’ Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center recently issued its 2021 policy roadmaps for each state. Utah’s roadmap is available here. Unfortunately, Utah is…
The Market Is Failing Early Childhood
“Children, their parents, and the economies in which they operate are all better off when societies provide easily accessible, high-quality child care and early education options. ”— U.S. Dept. of the…