Issues in Focus


The Early Care and Education Consortium is a non-profit alliance of America’s leading national, regional, and independent providers of quality early learning and development programs for young children. We work to promote local, state, and federal early care and education as a whole, and are focused on the following policy areas:


Prekindergarten


Child Care Subsidy


Quality Rating and Improvement Systems


Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce


Child Care and the U.S. Economy 


Child Care and Child Health and Nutrition


For the latest news and developments on these policy issues, visit our Federal News page. Please see our Action Center for ways to get involved, and sign up for our newsletter!