ReadyNation

prepares are future workforce. We must maintain the Head Start Performance Standards that make this a high-quality program and make strong investments in the promise of Head Start.

ReadyNation has submitted comments in response to the proposed rule "Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs" which risks eliminating core elements of Head Start that make it a high-quality program that prepares our most vulnerable children for success. Read our comments here:https://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ReadyNation-Head-Start-Comments.pdf

October is Month! Join us in celebrating the power of to prepare young kids to be ready to learn in school and eventually become productive members of the workforce!

Today, ReadyNation National Director Nancy Fishman participated on a panel at the National League of Cities' Centering Early Childhood Professionals: Pathways to Professional Growth, Income, and Asset Wealth Meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to share ReadyNation's recent report on how the ongoing child care crisis is costing the economy $172 billion annually in lost earnings, productivity, and tax revenue.

The national study by ReadyNation shows that inadequate child care infrastructure costs the U.S. economy $172 billion annually in lost earnings, productivity, and tax revenue was shared by Jill Boxler and Nancy Fishman at the Administration for Children and Families' National Research Conference on Early Childhood. Read the report: https://tinyurl.com/bdh644sa

ReadyNation applauds Representatives Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) for introducing the bipartisan Child Care Modernization Act in the House today. It will strengthen child care and better support working families by updating the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). Congress needs to pass this important piece of legislation.

Iowa is trying to address the and the economic burden it places on parents and businesses by recently passing a bill that made permanent the Child Care Assistance Program cover costs for people working at least 32 hrs/week in the child care industry. This will help with retaining child care workers and will lead to better academic, social, emotional experiences for kids with consistent staff. Read the news report: https://tinyurl.com/53sbvjfr

Fact of the week: the is an economic burden on parents, businesses, and taxpayers. We need local, state, and federal policymakers to help find a solution to reduce this burden.

Today, ReadyNation National Director Nancy Fishman, along with ReadyNation members, Schulkyll County Chamber of Commerce President Robert S. Carl, Jr and Executive Vice President Samantha Chivinski participated in a webinar hosted by the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation on the economic of child care talking about ReadyNation's new report on the child care costing U.S. parents and businesses $172 billion a year. Read the report: https://tinyurl.com/4w4p65yt

The lack of sufficient child care for children under 5 is costing nearly $7,000 per parent on average. Hear ReadyNation National Director Nancy Fishman speak about this on a panel hosted by Saul Zaentz Chartiable Foundation on 4/20 at noon. Register: https://bit.ly/419sRH4