ReadyNation’s new study examining the economic impacts of the nation’s infant-and-toddler child care crisis on working parents, employers, and taxpayers found an annual cost of $122 billion in lost earnings, productivity, and revenue. This figure means that this economic damage has more than doubled in the past four years, likely due to a combination of COVID-19 and insufficient policy action. Using data on the proportion of the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population each state represents, ReadyNation derived an estimate of the economic impact of the infant-and-toddler child care crisis in each state. (author abstract)