Quick Facts
- 30 percent
of children cared for with CCDF funds are school-age. Learn more about the Child Care and Development Fund.
- 998,600
families per month received child care assistance in FY 2010. Learn more about the Child Care and Development Fund.
- More than 572,000
child care providers received CCDF funds in FY 2010. Learn more about the Child Care and Development Fund
15%Overall poverty rate in 2011
That's 46.2 million people—statistically unchanged from 15.1 percent in 2010. The poverty rate of children living in single female-headed families was 47.6 percent, over four times the rate of children in married-couple families (10.9 percent). See the Census report.
- 1 in 3
Today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese.
percent of median income for a two-parent family exceeded by annual cost of center-based infant care
In 40 states and the District of Columbia, the average annual cost of center-based infant care exceeded 10 percent of the state’s median income for a
47 MillionWomen with access to new prevention-related services without paying more
Eight new services are available under the health care law, explains HHS Secretary Sebelius in her recent blog. See all 22 covered services for women
Funds to Neighborhood Organizations
Through the end of June 2011, the Strengthening Communities Fund program expended $39 million in Recovery Act dollars.
9%Of young men between ages 12 and 16 in 1996 became fathers before turning 20
According to new estimates from the Child Trends Research Brief, which presents some information about characteristics of teen fathers at the birth of their first child.