Extension ‘CARES'

According to a Cooperative Extension National Child Care Initiative proposal, the shortage of affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care, school-age care, and teen programs in the United States has many negative effects. It compromises current and future educational attainment and employment for parents and children, the nation's economy and family income, and the physical and emotional environments in which people live.

NIFA provides resources and program leadership to the Cooperative Extension System (CES) that enhances a nationwide response to challenges facing American children, youth, and families. CES, through the “Extension ‘CARES'...For America's Children and Youth National Initiative,” focuses on new and existing resources in working toward a vision that all children and youth are in safe, healthy, caring, and enriching environments when away from their parents.

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