Should the government do more to help children? This bipartisan group thinks so
A bipartisan coalition of policy experts agreed on three big ways the federal government could do more to help our most vulnerable children and families.
The challenges facing families with young children are legion.
From affording the costly basics — like diapers, clothes and food — to the exhausting search for high-quality, reasonably priced child care, parents and caregivers have their hands full. And it's hard to imagine government, as polarized as it is, agreeing on anything that might help.
And yet. A new report suggests there are bold moves that folks across the political spectrum can agree on.
The report is the result of a yearlong effort called the Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families. Throughout 2023, the collaborative convened meetings among some 30 think-tankers, policy wonks, child development experts and government influencers — from the hard
