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Common Good Iowa regularly releases reports, fact sheets and briefs on an array of policy priorities to advance opportunity for all Iowans. Browse them here.
Tag: child care
State budget and taxes
April 27, 2021
The Iowa House released its the Health and Human Services budget bill late last week, and it charts a far a better path for our state than the Senate HHS budget proposal released earlier in the month.
April 29, 2021
While hundreds of thousands of Iowans probably have spent some of their $1,400 stimulus checks by now, the state of Iowa is still waiting for a much bigger check. The state will soon receive about $700 million in federal relief funds under the American Rescue Plan Act, the first half of the $1.38 billion expected in total. While state legislators debate budget decisions — $1 million more for this program, $12 million less for that one — it is amazing there has been little discussion about how that $700 million should be used.
Family financial stability
September 2026
Iowa should continue expanding access to high-quality preschool. But as our state invests in preschool, we also need to protect and strengthen the early-childhood system serving children birth to age 3. Every significant new preschool investment should be accompanied by a dedicated investment in children birth to 3
Two-page summary of key Iowa data measures in the 2023 Kids Count Data Book.
July 2020
Even during better times, many working families with young children were pushed to the brink to afford quality, reliable child care, and many providers struggled to make ends meet. In tough times like these, the system is simply overwhelmed.
February 2020
The Child and Family Policy Center and Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children surveyed Iowa child-care owners, directors and home providers on the financial consequences of participating in the Child Care Assistance program. The responses were stark.