Policy Platform
Dedicated ECE facilities funding
Intermediary resources for technical assistance and capacity building
Comprehensive national needs assessment
Community development finance alignment
Increased public sector operating support for providers
NCFN’s Letter to HUD on its Notice of Proposed Information Collection (NPIC) of Child Care in Public Housing
NCFN submitted written comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the department prepares to make determinations about its data collection on child care public housing.
NCFN’s Letter to the CDFI Fund on how it should allocate funding generated by the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP)
This letter urges the allocation of $100 million of the ECIP-generated funding to better equip community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to support the child care and early learning sector, specifically in Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA).
Congressional & Administration Comment Letters
October 2024: NCFN comment letter to the CDFI Fund, urging $100 million of ECIP-generated funding to support ECE financial and technical assistance
September 2023: NCFN sign-on letter to Congress urging $16 billion a year in emergency child care funding
August 2023: NCFN comment letter on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
December 2022: NCFN comment letter to a request for information on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund issued by the EPA
August 2022: NCFN comment letter on the interagency proposal to update the Community Reinvestment Act
April 2022: NCFN endorsement of The Care Economy Resolution
March 2021: NCFN endorsement of the Child Care is Infrastructure Act
February 2021: NCFN comment letter to the Federal Reserve Board on the Community Reinvestment Act
December 2020: NCFN Memo to the Biden-Harris Transition Team outlining Opportunities for Advancing the Nation’s Early Care and Learning Infrastructure
July 2020: NCFN testimony in response to the House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee hearing on “The Child Care Crisis and the Coronavirus Pandemic”
April 2020: NCFN Letter to Congress urging Congress to Include Additional Emergency Funding for ECE Providers
April 2020: NCFN comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on changes to the Community Reinvestment Act
December 2019: NCFN comment letter to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on Improving Access to High-Quality, Affordable Child Care
Budget Reconciliation Resources
NCFN sent a letter of support to the House Ways and Means Committee thanking the Committee for including critical child care facility infrastructure grants in the Build Back Better Act.
October 2021: House Committee Build Back Better Bills