High-quality child care is essential to enable parents to get and keep a job and to give children a strong start toward success in school and life. As a result, child care strengthens our country's economy. Yet many families--particularly low-income families--lack access to the high-quality child care that parents need to work and children need to grow and thrive. The major federal child care program received a historic funding increase starting in 2018, but additional investments are needed to ensure all families can find and afford the child care they want for their children. (author abstract)