Federal Child C.A.R.E Coalition
The Federal Child Care Advocacy for Resources in Early Learning Coalition brings together a broad and diverse range of organizations, sectors, and networks to maximize individual capacity and impact.
This collaboration provides a way groups can strategically work together to secure big gains for early learning and child care at the federal level while also addressing the tremendous challenges facing families today.
Our collective focus is on strong federal investment and smart policies that protect, prioritize, and build accessible, affordable, high-quality care. Our goals are to support a qualified workforce, strengthen current child care and early learning programs, and improve access and affordability for families.
This work is bipartisan. Together, we look to maintain broad support and curb efforts to politicize this issue in order to preserve and expand upon hard fought success.
Please contact Coalition and Campaign Director, Joe O’Hern, with any questions.
Toolkits and Actions
2026 August Recess Advocate Toolkit
July 29, 2026
This toolkit provides resources to help you plan your outreach, share your story, and reinforce why child care should remain a bipartisan priority.
2026 August Recess Member Toolkit
July 27, 2026
Resources for Members of Congress to help them engage constituents on one of the issues they’re talking about most: child care.
TOOLKIT: FY27 Appropriations
MArch 27, 2026
The tools you need to speak up for federal child care and early learning during the FY27 appropriations season.
Talking Points
How to Have a Great Hill Meeting
December 16, 2025
In-person visits from constituents are one of the most powerful ways to engage with Members of Congress. Here are a few ways to get the most out of your meetings.
POLLING: Rural Voters on Child Care and Head Start
September 29, 2025
In a new poll from First Five Years Fund, Rural Americans say money is tight, and child care is a significant part of that burden.
Information Cards
What It Does: Child Care Tax Relief in Reconciliation Bill
July 28, 2025
A breakdown of the child care tax credits included in the reconciliation bill.
Our take
Amanda Guarino: The Child Care Modernization Act
July 20, 2026
What is the Child Care Modernization Act and how would it work.
