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What We Work For

Each of us needs care at different points in our lives.

Responsive, nurturing care promotes our personal well-being and providing this care is essential work that enables society to function.

Impact

Results and Desired Outcomes

It is our hope that by recognizing and investing in the full continuum of caregiving, young children and others who need care, as well as the caregivers do who this critical work, will be able to meet their needs, fully participate in their communities, and achieve the goals they set for themselves—so that together we can all thrive. 

Process

How We Do It

In partnership with parents, caregivers, and providers in the care workforce, we work to: 

Identify and co-develop innovative policy solutions that value and support caregiving. These policy solutions ensure that all families have choices about who provides care for their loved ones, and that caregivers inside and outside the formal care workforce are paid adequately for the essential work that they do.

Build the capacity of parents and caregivers and nurture partnerships to advance policies that support caregiving at the local, state, and national level.

Shift the narrative around care to recognize the caregiving work that Black, Latine, Indigenous, Asian American Pacific Islander, and immigrant women do and lay the groundwork for transformational change.  

Projects

Our Work

  • Parent Leader Network group photo.

    Parent Leader Network

  • Passing the Baton

  • Two preschool boys reading together.

    Early Learning Nation Collective

  • Two black fathers playing with their children at the playground.

    EC-LINC

Resources

Expand Your Toolbox

Explore publications, policies and more resources related to Care and Caregiving

  • Strategies to Compensate Unpaid Caregivers Small Cover

    Strategies to Compensate Unpaid Caregivers: A Policy Scan

    Policy Paper

  • Michelle H South Carolina Executive Summary (1)

    Child Care is a Barrier for Parenting Students

    Policy Paper

  • Cover Small The Biden Administration’s Budget Recognizes Investments In Families Are Long Overdue

    The Biden Administration’s Budget Recognizes Investments in Families Are Long Overdue: Now Let’s Get To Work

    Policy Paper

  • The Dulce Approach To Setting Goals With Families Of Infants

    The DULCE Approach to Setting Goals with Families of Infants

    Report

  • Rescuing Child Care The Arp Acts Positive Impact For Families

    Rescuing Child Care: The American Rescue Plan Act’s Positive Impact for Families

    Policy Paper

Partner with CSSP

We collaborate with a variety of partners on projects to advance policy solutions that support all children, youth, and families. Learn more about our offerings and join us in creating a healthy, thriving, and multiracial democracy for all.