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 NACCRRA's report, Leaving Children to Chance: NACCRRA's Ranking of State Standards and Oversight of Small Family Child Care Homes, reveals that many states fail to protect the health, safety, and well-being of children in small family child care homes. About $12 billion in government funds are spent each year on child care subsidies. Yet, the federal and state governments have no idea about the condition of care they are paying for in many states.

NACCRRA calls on Congress, state governments, professional organizations, and parents to do their part in improving the quality of family child care.

Our country is leaving children to chance, but we can do something about it!

Since 2002, Congress has failed to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the primary federal funding stream for child care in the United States. Through CCDBG, states can provide child care assistance for families AND fund child care quality initiatives, including training for child care providers, inspections, and background checks to ensure that providers do not have a criminal record. But CCDBG remains significantly under-funded. Since 2003, as a result of across-the-board funding cuts and frozen funding streams, child care funding has declined.

Inadequate federal funding means efforts to ensure that child care is a safe environment where children can learn will be further weakened. Contact your Senators and Representative now to ask that they take action to reauthorize CCDBG. Parents, providers, and CCR&R staff, take action to support family child care - and all child care - in your community. Please edit the letter below to share your own story.

The total possible score for each state is 140 points, but the average score in the report is only 59 points. 15 states score zero points! Find out how your state stacks up by clicking on "Tell Me More"

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