New Mexico Fact Sheets

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Download our 2020 Legislative Report (154kb PDF).
CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING
America for Early Ed State Fact Sheets (2020)
- NAEYC
- Child care cost, children’s early learning experiences, early child care workforce support, educators compensation, and federal investment supports
Early Learning Fact Sheet (2021)
- Center for American Progress
- Current child care situation, including missed and available opportunities
- Child Care Aware of America
- Child care need, availability, and workforce
State Profile on Preschool (2022)
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- State profile on state-funded preschool programs in your state.
State of Babies Yearbook (2022)
- ZERO TO THREE
- Snapshot of how infants, toddlers, and their families are faring with respect to three developmental domains: good health; strong families; positive early learning experiences
- National Head Start Association
- Head Start’s Accessibility and Reach, funding, and Head Start jobs in your state.
CCDBG-SPECIFIC
- Child Care Aware of America
- Snapshot of CCDBG funding, history, and why it matters
- Includes FY2020 ask
TANF and Child Care State Fact Sheet
- Bipartisan Policy Center
- Summary of federal and state funds (from FY19)
Impact of Increased Federal Child Care Funding
- Child Trends
- Information on how each state has used, or plans to use, their increased federal funds
Early Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2022
- National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)
- State policies in five key areas in child care assistance- income eligibility limits, waiting lists, copayments, payment rates, and eligibility for parents searching for a job.
State of Child Care (note: Not a fact sheet, but important information for states)
- Collaboration of CAP, FFYF, NAEYC, BPC, and CCAoA, with references to data from NWLC, CLASP, and Child Trends
- Website on the state of child care in America with resources, data, and news on how states are spending funds from the Child Care Development Block Grant.
State Impact of increase in CCDBG 2022
- CLASP
- Information on estimated additional funding for each state and additional children to receive CCDBG-funded child care.
MAPPING / DESERTS
- Child Care Aware of America
- Story map to share unique stories about child care supply and demand
- Provider location
- Participation in programs like CACFP and CCDF subsidy
- Food access, family poverty, and more
- Center for American Progress
- Child care desert map with state-specific information on:
- Share of people in child care deserts, by race and income
- Number of people in child care deserts, by urbanicity
COST, FINANCING, AND STRUCTURE OF CHILD CARE
Early Childhood Administration Fact Sheet
- Bipartisan Policy Center
- Flow of early childhood federal funds
- Eligibility alignment
- System recommendations
Price of Child Care Fact Sheet (2019)
- Child Care Aware of America
- Interactive maps show the range in child care affordability for families with an infant in center-based child care
- County-level Cost Data
- NOTE: only for Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.
Federal Support for Early Learning and Care Opportunities Fact Sheet (2022)
- First Five Years Fund
- Overview of state- and federally funded- early childhood opportunities
Early Childhood Data Narratives
- Hunt Institute
- Centralizes existing data to summarize price and affordability of infant care; federal expenditures on infants and toddlers, including the number of children served by CCDF and Early Head Start; and much more.
WORKFORCE (ECE Workforce & Impact on State Workforce in General)
Early Childhood Workforce Index
- Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
- Composite appraisal of the early childhood workforce in each state focused on:
- Earnings and Economic Security;
- Early Childhood Workforce Policies;
- Family and Income Support Policies
- Child Trends
- Links child, program, and workforce data
Business Case for Investing in High-Quality Child Care
- Committee for Economic Development (CED)
- Impact child care has on the economy and jobs
- Size of the market-based child care industry in your state by:
- Total economic impact
- Total earnings
- Total jobs impact
- Committee for Economic Development (CED)
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- Impact of Child Care Industry
- Cost of Child Care & Labor Force Participation
- Child Care Usage
- Link Between the Paid Child Care Sector and the State Economy
LEGISLATIVE
New Mexico Find My Legislator (not a fact sheet, but a great resource)
• New Mexico state legislature
• Site allows one to search for one’s House Representative and Senator by address or district.
• Provides contact info for representative
NMAEYC is now a virtual organization!
Mailing address:
1933 San Mateo Blvd NE #258
Albuquerque, NM 87110
PHONE: 505 264 5464
info@nmaeyc.org