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Laura E. Wallace; Christine Lippard; Faith M. Molthen; Ji-Young Choi; Heather Rouse – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
In March 2020, when public health stay home orders began in order to halt the spread of COVID-19, child care as an industry was drastically and abruptly impacted. This public health emergency highlighted the weaknesses in the child care system in the United States. This study investigated the changes in operations cost, child enrollment and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Enke, Allison A.; Briley, Margaret E.; Curtis, Suzanne R.; Greninger, Sue A.; Staskel, Deanna M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
Childcare in the United States (US) has become a necessary part of life for most working parents with the increased use of center-based childcare over the past three decades. Approximately 13 million preschoolers attend some form of childcare. Literature indicates the main predictors of quality childcare programs are adequate experience and…
Descriptors: Safety, Employed Parents, Food Standards, Early Childhood Education