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      <image:title>CCFP - Introducing CCFP's New ECE State Policy Center - Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee: The Federal Role in Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 15, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Introducing CCFP's New ECE State Policy Center - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/empowering-parents-with-tech-how-south-carolina-revolutionized-access-to-early-childhood-services-with-georgia-mjartan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents with Tech: How SC Revolutionized Access to Early Childhood Services (with Georgia Mjartan) - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog - September 26, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents with Tech: How SC Revolutionized Access to Early Childhood Services (with Georgia Mjartan) - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 12, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents with Tech: How SC Revolutionized Access to Early Childhood Services (with Georgia Mjartan) - Supporting Parental Choice In Early Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ June 6, 2023</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/responses-to-senate-finance-committee-questions-for-the-record</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Responses to “Questions for the Record” Following My Senate Finance Committee Testimony - Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee: The Federal Role in Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 15, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Responses to “Questions for the Record” Following My Senate Finance Committee Testimony - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report - April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Responses to “Questions for the Record” Following My Senate Finance Committee Testimony - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-economics-of-flourishing-on-education-and-early-childhood</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Economics of Flourishing: On Education and Early Childhood - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility  (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ August 11, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ August 24, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Economics of Flourishing: On Education and Early Childhood - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ April 15, 2021</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-critical-role-of-family-in-early-childhood-development</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Critical Role of Family in Early Childhood Development - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Critical Role of Family in Early Childhood Development - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Critical Role of Family in Early Childhood Development - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Critical Role of Family in Early Childhood Development - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/testimony-before-the-senate-finance-committee-the-federal-role-in-childcare</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee: The Federal Role in Childcare - Promoting Family and Child Well-Being through Federal Childcare Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Testimony ~ July 9, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee: The Federal Role in Childcare - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report - April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee: The Federal Role in Childcare - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting Family and Child Well-Being through Federal Childcare Policy - A Flawed Agenda for America's Young Children: Build Back Better's Blueprint for Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ July 24, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting Family and Child Well-Being through Federal Childcare Policy - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting Family and Child Well-Being through Federal Childcare Policy - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-we-need-a-gi-bill-for-homemakers-with-ivana-greco</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why We Need A “GI Bill for Homemakers” (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why We Need A “GI Bill for Homemakers” (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - Why Homemakers Matter (with Ivana Greco)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ February 1, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why We Need A “GI Bill for Homemakers” (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ December 7, 2023</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/child-care-what-parents-want-what-children-need-with-jenet-erickson</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care: What Parents Want — What Children Need (with Jenet Erickson) - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care: What Parents Want — What Children Need (with Jenet Erickson) - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care: What Parents Want — What Children Need (with Jenet Erickson) - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-miracle-of-language-how-parents-build-babies-brains-with-dana-suskind</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Miracle of Language: How Parents Build Babies' Brains (with Dana Suskind) - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Miracle of Language: How Parents Build Babies' Brains (with Dana Suskind) - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Miracle of Language: How Parents Build Babies' Brains (with Dana Suskind) - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-common-ground-new-child-care-agenda-that-includes-parents</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Common-Ground New Child Care Agenda That Includes Parents - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Common-Ground New Child Care Agenda That Includes Parents - How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ 7-Dec-23</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Common-Ground New Child Care Agenda That Includes Parents - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-homemakers-matter-with-ivana-greco</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Homemakers Matter (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Homemakers Matter (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Homemakers Matter (with Ivana Greco)&amp;nbsp; - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/crucial-role-of-nurturing-care-in-early-childhood</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Crucial Role of Nurturing Care in Early Childhood (with Phil Fisher) - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Crucial Role of Nurturing Care in Early Childhood (with Phil Fisher) - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984593647-VK9UR19XBMT9IB87ZS3O/54_Growing+Up+in+%E2%80%98Forgotten+America%E2%80%99_Chris+Arnade%E2%80%99s+Photographs+and+the+Stories+Behind+Them.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Crucial Role of Nurturing Care in Early Childhood (with Phil Fisher) - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ November 13, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/brain-development-revolution-with-ross-thompson</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “The Brain Development Revolution”: Early Childhood and Public Policy (with Ross Thompson) - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1702578172176-M11N0K878FVN589ZRRJ4/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+about+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - “The Brain Development Revolution”: Early Childhood and Public Policy (with Ross Thompson) - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “The Brain Development Revolution”: Early Childhood and Public Policy (with Ross Thompson) - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-family-policy-debates-sometimes-ignore-the-family-itself</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1690216563603-63P2ZGSI5UG02EFCKLIN/129_A+Flawed+Agenda+for+America%27s+Young+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself - A Flawed Agenda for America's Young Children: Build Back Better's Blueprint for Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ July 24, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/capitas-person-centered-approach-to-child-and-family-flourishing-with-joe-waters</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Capita’s Approach to Advancing Child and Family Flourishing (with Joe Waters) - Early Childhood Is the Foundation of Opportunity</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 17, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984593647-VK9UR19XBMT9IB87ZS3O/54_Growing+Up+in+%E2%80%98Forgotten+America%E2%80%99_Chris+Arnade%E2%80%99s+Photographs+and+the+Stories+Behind+Them.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Capita’s Approach to Advancing Child and Family Flourishing (with Joe Waters) - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ November 13, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664985364477-SJ5X9A64VOHQ1HWOAUUY/108_Two+Generations%2C+One+Future_Aligning+State+Systems+for+Family+Success.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Capita’s Approach to Advancing Child and Family Flourishing (with Joe Waters) - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 12, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-marriage-matters-for-family-and-child-well-being-with-brad-wilcox</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1687440208021-ZZOII4OZI40C0YHM0SHY/128_Raising+Young+Children+at+Home.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Marriage Matters for Family and Child Well-Being (with Brad Wilcox)&amp;nbsp; - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1702578172176-M11N0K878FVN589ZRRJ4/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+about+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Marriage Matters for Family and Child Well-Being (with Brad Wilcox)&amp;nbsp; - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Marriage Matters for Family and Child Well-Being (with Brad Wilcox)&amp;nbsp; - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 12, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/building-a-roadmap-for-prenatal-to-3-state-policy-with-dr-cynthia-osborne</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Roadmap for Prenatal-to-3 State Policy (with Cynthia Osborne)&amp;nbsp; - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664807893893-1TZRBAGBXOMB697CBXF4/75_Helping+New+Families+Flourish_Interview+with+Dr.+Judith+Van+Ginkel.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Roadmap for Prenatal-to-3 State Policy (with Cynthia Osborne)&amp;nbsp; - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 30, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808123655-FC3AHNBPJ3C6LODHHVAA/52_Does+a+Mother%E2%80%99s+Mental+Health+Affect+Her+Fetus_Interview+w+Dr+Catharine+Monk.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Roadmap for Prenatal-to-3 State Policy (with Cynthia Osborne)&amp;nbsp; - Does a Mother’s Mental Health Affect Her Fetus?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ October 26, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/build-back-better-a-flawed-agenda-or-the-right-plan-for-early-care-and-education-policy-event</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - Make it stand outJOsh</image:title>
      <image:caption>Josh McCabe Director of Social Policy Niskanen Center</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Arthur Rolnick Associate Economist, University of Minnesota Former Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1bf3a302-3c7f-41d9-ada4-0fc537fdb1c0/Patrick+Brown.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Patrick T. Brown Fellow Ethics and Public Policy Center</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/66c54336-132e-46ae-aa53-f4c8eba3bbe5/KB+Stevens_Headshot+-+Cropped2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Katharine B. Stevens Founder and CEO Center on Child and Family Policy</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalie Renew Executive Director Home Grown</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1697121867449-KMFZD0MMC3A67HPAY4MZ/133_The+Minnesota+Model_Empowering+Parents+and+Scaling+Success+%28with+Art+Rolnick%29.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - The Minnesota Model: Empowering Parents and Scaling Success (with Art Rolnick)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ October 12, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1690216563603-63P2ZGSI5UG02EFCKLIN/129_A+Flawed+Agenda+for+America%27s+Young+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - A Flawed Agenda for America's Young Children: Build Back Better's Blueprint for Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ July 24, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Build Back Better”: A Flawed Agenda or the Right Plan for Early Care and Education Policy? - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-minnesota-model-with-art-rolnick</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665081394175-MG04248AAAL5VLPO5V0I/13_The+Next+Front+in+the+Preschool+Fight.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents and Scaling Preschool Success (with Art Rolnick) - The Next Front in the Preschool Fight</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 12, 2015</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665084429609-DQKOF0PR86JCD1NMJU1D/15_Too+Little%2C+Too+Late.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents and Scaling Preschool Success (with Art Rolnick) - Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665070510733-Y7PFOP1XUNOKE2PXAQTW/8_What+Early+Education+Can+Learn+from+the+K-12+Choice+Movement.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Empowering Parents and Scaling Preschool Success (with Art Rolnick) - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-early-childhood-is-the-foundation-of-social-capital</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1687440208021-ZZOII4OZI40C0YHM0SHY/128_Raising+Young+Children+at+Home.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Early Childhood is the Foundation of Social Capital (with Chris Bullivant) - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Early Childhood is the Foundation of Social Capital (with Chris Bullivant) - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
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      <image:title>CCFP - How Early Childhood is the Foundation of Social Capital (with Chris Bullivant) - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 30, 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/parenting-key-to-early-development-heckman-garcia-part-2</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/4bb3734c-165b-49ae-9990-887819472263/130_Parenting+Is+the+Key+to+Early+Development+and+Social+Mobility+Pt+1+%28with+James+Heckman+and+Jorge+Luis+Garcia%29.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility – Part 2 (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility  (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ August 11, 2023</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility – Part 2 (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility – Part 2 (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9. 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/parenting-key-to-early-development-heckman-garcia</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility – Part 2 (with Professors Heckman and Garcia)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Early Matters Podcast ~ August 24, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia) - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9. 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-flawed-agenda-for-americas-young-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Flawed Agenda for America’s Young Children: Build Back Better’s Blueprint for Early Care and Education - Joe Biden’s Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children’s Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1687440208021-ZZOII4OZI40C0YHM0SHY/128_Raising+Young+Children+at+Home.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Flawed Agenda for America’s Young Children: Build Back Better’s Blueprint for Early Care and Education - Raising Young Children at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>Essay~ June 14, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Flawed Agenda for America’s Young Children: Build Back Better’s Blueprint for Early Care and Education - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/raising-young-children-at-home</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/f16bdf3d-81c6-472c-9ed3-216ca70a261c/119_5+Questions+with+Family+Studies_Katharine+Stevens+on+Family-Focused+Child+Care+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Raising Young Children at Home - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Raising Young Children at Home - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Raising Young Children at Home - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/supportingparentalchoiceinearlyeducation</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066262851-2BDSPYL6QK0CZ6K9H8UR/59_When+School+Choice+is+Too+Little%2C+Too+Late.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Supporting Parental Choice in Early Education - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665070510733-Y7PFOP1XUNOKE2PXAQTW/8_What+Early+Education+Can+Learn+from+the+K-12+Choice+Movement.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Supporting Parental Choice in Early Education - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Supporting Parental Choice in Early Education - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/is-expanding-publicly-funded-childcare-in-the-best-interests-of-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493202489-QPUG2DHPFCTRIW76OHKE/78_Is+Universal+Child+Care+Universally+Beneficial_+Are+You+Kidding+Me.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is Expanding Publicly Funded Childcare in the Best Interests of Children? - Is Universal Child Care Universally Beneficial? — Are You Kidding Me?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ May 27, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Is Expanding Publicly Funded Childcare in the Best Interests of Children? - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation’s Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Is Expanding Publicly Funded Childcare in the Best Interests of Children? - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/sons-and-daughters-of-working-mothers-successes-and-challenges</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation’s Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - “Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” - Why I’m Founding CCFP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/katharine-stevens-on-her-new-think-tank-and-the-need-for-better-early-childhood-policy</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Katharine Stevens on Her New Think Tank and the Need for Better Early Childhood Policy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Katharine Stevens on Her New Think Tank and the Need for Better Early Childhood Policy - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Katharine Stevens on Her New Think Tank and the Need for Better Early Childhood Policy - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Katharine Stevens on Her New Think Tank and the Need for Better Early Childhood Policy - Why I’m Founding CCFP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/caring-for-our-young-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/213bd48b-d2d0-4f80-b58b-0c89c35991f5/Podcast+Caring+for+Our+Young+Children.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Caring for Our Young Children - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Caring for Our Young Children - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Caring for Our Young Children - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Caring for Our Young Children - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/lessons-on-education-and-family-from-nicaragua-to-manhattan-to-dc</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/5b6aacd5-a0f9-468d-81bb-d087e31505a8/Podcast+Lessons+On+Education+And+Family+From+Nicaragua+To+Manhattan+To+DC.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Lessons On Education And Family From Nicaragua To Manhattan To DC - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1669926841741-XHFRNVL7I1DLI9NUMPXJ/119+-+5+Questions+with+Family+Studies_Katharine+Stevens+on+Family-Focused+Child+Care+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Lessons On Education And Family From Nicaragua To Manhattan To DC - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664985060712-ALGPOXP85TBHW7Z1TN96/105_The+Unintended+Consequences+of+Universal+Childcare_Lessons+from+Sweden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Lessons On Education And Family From Nicaragua To Manhattan To DC - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Lessons On Education And Family From Nicaragua To Manhattan To DC - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-daycare-destroy-dreams</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/64eee9c4-fbcb-41e7-b3b6-e9eba9eeecd1/Podcast+Does+Daycare+Destroy+Dreams%3F+%28feat.+Dr.+Katharine+B.+Stevens%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Daycare Destroy Dreams? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375531545-KEABJGJRI0IZ9SREU4J9/114_Universal+Child+Care_A+Risky+Experiment+with+Our+Nation%27s+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Daycare Destroy Dreams? - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation’s Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664985060712-ALGPOXP85TBHW7Z1TN96/105_The+Unintended+Consequences+of+Universal+Childcare_Lessons+from+Sweden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Daycare Destroy Dreams? - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/cb6799fb-3540-4be3-8b39-975baeb234f7/118_Why+I+Founded+CCFP.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Daycare Destroy Dreams? - Why I’m Founding CCFP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 30, 2022</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/dr-katharine-b-stevens-launches-the-nations-first-think-tank-dedicated-to-early-childhood</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-15</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/5-questions-with-family-studies-katharine-stevens-on-family-focused-child-care-policy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1663879120808-9CX6M6W17RTW94FQU2FD/101_Has+pandemic+caused+childcare+crisis.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - 5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ February 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-im-founding-ccfp</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Founding CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Founding CCFP - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808065534-8DRCNAFW3RBEN59ORZ3I/58_Nature+and+Nurture_Can+New+Science+Inform+Child+Policy_Interview+with+Jack+Shonkoff.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Founding CCFP - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? — Interview with Dr. Jack Shonkoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/is-the-impact-of-pre-k-on-children-negative</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665003984420-7C0I3B53P5OJ1I6LA53T/87_Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Would+Be+A+Costly+Mistake.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is the Impact of Pre-K on Children Negative? — Tipping Point New Mexico - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 11, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665091586326-6WRZSQODWIY8INM207HV/22_Schools+Aren%27t+Everything.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is the Impact of Pre-K on Children Negative? — Tipping Point New Mexico - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665089047591-PIF3DUOCK6I59IB3BG20/93_Assessing+Joe+Biden%E2%80%99s+Early+Childhood+Plans+%E2%80%94+The+Education+Gadfly+Show.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is the Impact of Pre-K on Children Negative? — Tipping Point New Mexico - Assessing Joe Biden’s Early Childhood Plans — The Education Gadfly Show</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ December 10, 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-universal-state-run-preschool-would-cause-long-term-harm-to-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375531545-KEABJGJRI0IZ9SREU4J9/114_Universal+Child+Care_A+Risky+Experiment+with+Our+Nation%27s+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Universal State-Run Preschool Would Cause Long-Term Harm to Children - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Universal State-Run Preschool Would Cause Long-Term Harm to Children - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664495226048-Y0UVH98JP2RDRU8CESYI/115_The+Problem+With+Universal+Pre-K+%E2%80%94+Are+You+Kidding+Me.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Universal State-Run Preschool Would Cause Long-Term Harm to Children - The Problem With Universal Pre-K — Are You Kidding Me?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ February 16, 2022</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/problem-with-universal-pre-k</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/2c0f71a0-4495-48a6-bf01-43f2f5481ef5/The+Problem+with+Universal+Pre-K+%E2%80%94+Are+You+Kidding+Me%3F.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Problem With Universal Pre-K - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Problem With Universal Pre-K - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Problem With Universal Pre-K - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665089047591-PIF3DUOCK6I59IB3BG20/93_Assessing+Joe+Biden%E2%80%99s+Early+Childhood+Plans+%E2%80%94+The+Education+Gadfly+Show.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Problem With Universal Pre-K - Assessing Joe Biden’s Early Childhood Plans — The Education Gadfly Show</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ December 10, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/universal-child-care-a-risky-experiment-with-our-nations-children</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665155650729-UYYP4Q5SNE0TTKSF4FPT/7_A+Caution+to+Early+Educators.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children - A Caution to Early Educators</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664985060712-ALGPOXP85TBHW7Z1TN96/105_The+Unintended+Consequences+of+Universal+Childcare_Lessons+from+Sweden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665086625550-8QVPMXYMC1YMA47C70NH/39_Does+America+Need+Universal+Preschool%3F+A+Long-read+Q%26A+with+Katharine+Stevens.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-role-of-families-in-human-flourishing-a-conversation-with-james-heckman-podcast</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/e8b9512a-07c0-4f15-a802-bbae1111d6ac/podcast+The+role+of+families+in+human+flourishing+a+conversation+with+james+heckmn.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-role-of-families-in-human-flourishing-my-long-read-qa-with-james-heckman</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984945988-T8GA5LP1JG8VHE1CH5WK/64_Decoding+the+Nonverbal+Language+of+Babies.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;amp;A with James Heckman - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;amp;A with James Heckman - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;amp;A with James Heckman - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-a-faulty-generalization-is-sabotaging-early-childhood-policy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665000260865-HIP1WULEMYPHC4ZZ5TL1/103_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing%3A+A+Conversation+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 25, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664999200957-71V5KOXHVSUJOFLKSFN7/30_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+A+Look+at+the+Research.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 17, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/improving-early-childhood-development-by-allowing-advanced-child-tax-credits</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066262851-2BDSPYL6QK0CZ6K9H8UR/59_When+School+Choice+is+Too+Little%2C+Too+Late.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/if-ever-there-were-a-time-for-kindness-the-antidote</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665083960037-R6GIC6BANSM5H7OK12K0/53_Portraits+%E2%80%98Forgotten%E2%80%99+America.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - If Ever There Were a Time for Kindness: ‘THE ANTIDOTE’ - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 6, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - If Ever There Were a Time for Kindness: ‘THE ANTIDOTE’ - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808095453-2G2TCC5495QQUMALA82I/57_America%E2%80%99s+Forgotten+Communities_Interview+with+Chris+Arnade.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - If Ever There Were a Time for Kindness: ‘THE ANTIDOTE’ - America’s Forgotten Communities — Interview with Chris Arnade</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ December 29, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/two-generations-one-future-aligning-state-systems-for-family-success</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664997373678-G49WGDTB4DFBZYIQK0N0/74_Practical+Perspectives+on+A+Roadmap+to+Reducing+Child+Poverty.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success - Practical Perspectives on ‘A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 17, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665083960037-R6GIC6BANSM5H7OK12K0/53_Portraits+%E2%80%98Forgotten%E2%80%99+America.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 6, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Two Generations, One Future: Aligning State Systems for Family Success - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-silver-lining-family-engagement-in-a-post-pandemic-world</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-06-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002162450-ZSEH2ROY9923QALPGVIC/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+About+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Silver Lining: Family Engagement in a Post-Pandemic World - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Silver Lining: Family Engagement in a Post-Pandemic World - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Silver Lining: Family Engagement in a Post-Pandemic World - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-big-stake-in-the-ground-for-universal-childcare-via-the-american-rescue-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan - The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Congressional Testimony ~ February 19, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-unintended-consequences-of-universal-childcare-lessons-from-sweden</loc>
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      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 26, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden - A Caution to Early Educators</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-im-holding-an-event-on-the-unintended-consequences-of-universal-child-care</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Holding an Event on ‘The Unintended Consequences of Universal Child Care’ - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Holding an Event on ‘The Unintended Consequences of Universal Child Care’ - A Caution to Early Educators</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why I’m Holding an Event on ‘The Unintended Consequences of Universal Child Care’ - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-role-of-families-in-human-flourishing-a-conversation-with-james-heckman</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-child-care</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 29, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ March 4, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/has-the-pandemic-caused-a-crisis-in-child-care</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care? - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 29, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care? - The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Congressional Testimony ~ February 19, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care? - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/virtual-teaching-during-covid-19-report-from-the-front</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Virtual Teaching During COVID-19: Report from the Front - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 6, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Virtual Teaching During COVID-19: Report from the Front - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ December 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Virtual Teaching During COVID-19: Report from the Front - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/improving-early-childhood-development-by-allowing-advanced-child-tax-credits-tax-notes-federal</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - Federal Early Childhood Care and Education Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Essay ~ February 22, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/universal-child-care-a-bad-deal-for-kids</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids? - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids? - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids? - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids? - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/three-problems-with-president-bidens-child-care-rescue-plan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Three Problems with President Biden's Child Care Rescue Plan - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Three Problems with President Biden's Child Care Rescue Plan - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ March 4, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Three Problems with President Biden's Child Care Rescue Plan - Universal Child Care: A Bad Deal for Kids?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/we-need-a-national-tutoring-program-to-avert-educational-catastrophe</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 30, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ December 21, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/schools-wont-work-any-better-for-disadvantaged-children-after-covid-than-before-it</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 6, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665000609240-YXQOFKC8PGWWJUYDPONY/90_Why+Children+Can%E2%80%99t+Read+%E2%80%94+and+What+We+Can+Do+About+It.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 29, 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/closing-the-covid-inequality-gap-katharine-stevens-presentation</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the COVID Inequality Gap - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 6, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the COVID Inequality Gap - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ December 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the COVID Inequality Gap - Virtual Teaching During COVID-19: Report from the Front</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 2, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/assessing-joe-bidens-early-childhood-plans-the-education-gadfly-show</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Assessing Joe Biden’s Early Childhood Plans — The Education Gadfly Show - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Assessing Joe Biden’s Early Childhood Plans — The Education Gadfly Show - Does America Need Universal Preschool? A Long-read Q&amp;A with Katharine Stevens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ September 8, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Assessing Joe Biden’s Early Childhood Plans — The Education Gadfly Show - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article - April 27, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/taking-stock-of-a-half-century-of-failed-education-reform</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665012889278-HWDBAJRI046JNIVA7FLD/89_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+%7C+IN+60+SECONDS.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ September 28, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-americas-schools-keep-failing-our-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665074581440-LXGV0YRT3TOUNHC402ZI/92_Taking+Stock+of+a+Half-Century+of+Failed+Education+Reform.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 30, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 11, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-children-cant-read-and-what-we-can-do-about-it</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665064516046-5I93SK5SSTSM2JEMP7OD/95_Schools+Won%E2%80%99t+Work+Any+Better+for+Disadvantaged+Children+After+COVID+Than+Before+It.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ December 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It - Early-Education Teachers Need Better Training</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 4, 2015</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/closing-the-achievement-gap-in-60-seconds</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/still-left-behind-how-americas-schools-keep-failing-our-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665012889278-HWDBAJRI046JNIVA7FLD/89_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+%7C+IN+60+SECONDS.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ September 28, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665074581440-LXGV0YRT3TOUNHC402ZI/92_Taking+Stock+of+a+Half-Century+of+Failed+Education+Reform.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 30, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665000609240-YXQOFKC8PGWWJUYDPONY/90_Why+Children+Can%E2%80%99t+Read+%E2%80%94+and+What+We+Can+Do+About+It.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 29, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/expanding-new-mexico-state-pre-k-would-be-a-costly-mistake</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375730949-429MNLMX28CPVTION7MM/83_Why+Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Won%27t+Help+the+Children+Who+Need+Help+the+Most.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ July 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665091586326-6WRZSQODWIY8INM207HV/22_Schools+Aren%27t+Everything.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/joe-bidens-plan-for-universal-preschool-forgets-key-to-childrens-success-parents</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375730949-429MNLMX28CPVTION7MM/83_Why+Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Won%27t+Help+the+Children+Who+Need+Help+the+Most.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ July 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665103893642-JKN2543X1RU28KZL1EX6/22_Schools+Aren%27t+Everything.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-century-of-working-women-and-the-future-of-family-childcare-podcast</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/dd87770d-7d6f-4581-a647-efe35d99b1ba/A+Century+of+Working+Women+and+the+Future+of+Family+Childcare%C2%A0.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493941426-0543V862FP83NYLYBRKQ/81_The+Case+for+Home-Based+Child+Care.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - The Case for Home-Based Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 16, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664987722056-23VRP68F3NVBCQF9O5D9/84_How+Networks+Can+Help+Family+Childcare+Businesses+Succeed.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 29, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-networks-can-help-family-childcare-businesses-succeed</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493941426-0543V862FP83NYLYBRKQ/81_The+Case+for+Home-Based+Child+Care.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed - The Case for Home-Based Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 16, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664989257765-A8MRXHQES8DJ8UDNC01E/80_A+Century+of+Working+Women+and+the+Future+of+Family+Childcare.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ June 12, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002747259-FXQBYK8NSNN1J4A7QVOQ/37_Child+Care%2C+Not+Pre-K%2C+is+Our+Nation%E2%80%99s+Most+Important+Early+Education+Program.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-expanding-new-mexico-state-pre-k-wont-help-the-children-who-need-help-the-most</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665003984420-7C0I3B53P5OJ1I6LA53T/87_Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Would+Be+A+Costly+Mistake.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 11, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/improving-outcomes-for-new-mexico-children-tipping-point-new-mexico</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375730949-429MNLMX28CPVTION7MM/83_Why+Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Won%27t+Help+the+Children+Who+Need+Help+the+Most.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Outcomes for New Mexico Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ July 21, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665003984420-7C0I3B53P5OJ1I6LA53T/87_Expanding+New+Mexico+State+Pre-K+Would+Be+A+Costly+Mistake.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Outcomes for New Mexico Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Would Be A Costly Mistake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 11, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665006724310-NJCHDSS1M93U2CEKVQW4/86_Joe+Biden%27s+Plan+for+Universal+Preschool+Forgets+Key+to+Children%27s+Success_Parents.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Improving Outcomes for New Mexico Children — Tipping Point New Mexico - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-case-for-home-based-child-care</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664989257765-A8MRXHQES8DJ8UDNC01E/80_A+Century+of+Working+Women+and+the+Future+of+Family+Childcare.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Case for Home-Based Child Care - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ June 12, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664987722056-23VRP68F3NVBCQF9O5D9/84_How+Networks+Can+Help+Family+Childcare+Businesses+Succeed.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Case for Home-Based Child Care - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 29, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664890773104-J3Y6UD9Z8UDS8TEXJWAN/79_The+Childcare+Crisis+Is+in+K-12%2C+Not+Early+Childhood.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Case for Home-Based Child Care - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 29, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-century-of-working-women-and-the-future-of-family-childcare</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493941426-0543V862FP83NYLYBRKQ/81_The+Case+for+Home-Based+Child+Care.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - The Case for Home-Based Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 16, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664987722056-23VRP68F3NVBCQF9O5D9/84_How+Networks+Can+Help+Family+Childcare+Businesses+Succeed.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - How Networks Can Help Family Childcare Businesses Succeed</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 29, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Century of Working Women and the Future of Family Childcare - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-childcare-crisis-is-in-k12-not-early-childhood</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1663879120808-9CX6M6W17RTW94FQU2FD/101_Has+pandemic+caused+childcare+crisis.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood - Has the Pandemic Caused a Crisis in Child Care?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665064516046-5I93SK5SSTSM2JEMP7OD/95_Schools+Won%E2%80%99t+Work+Any+Better+for+Disadvantaged+Children+After+COVID+Than+Before+It.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood - Schools Won’t Work Any Better for Disadvantaged Children After COVID Than Before It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ December 21, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665085530242-J6AMMCMFIZKJR6L0I0L5/96_We+Need+a+National+Tutoring+Program+to+Avert+Educational+Catastrophe.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Childcare Crisis Is in K-12, Not Early Childhood - We Need a National Tutoring Program to Avert Educational Catastrophe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 6, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/is-universal-child-care-universally-beneficial-are-you-kidding-me</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/3eecd434-05cc-4278-8324-bfcd9893dbad/Is+Universal+Child+Care+Universally+Beneficial%3F+%E2%80%94+Are+You+Kidding+Me%3F.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is Universal Child Care Universally Beneficial? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375531545-KEABJGJRI0IZ9SREU4J9/114_Universal+Child+Care_A+Risky+Experiment+with+Our+Nation%27s+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is Universal Child Care Universally Beneficial? - Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Article ~ April 27, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is Universal Child Care Universally Beneficial? - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Is Universal Child Care Universally Beneficial? - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/practical-perspectives-on-a-roadmap-to-reducing-child-poverty-podcast</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/00804b69-1246-436b-a3bc-f7b6f2160188/Practical+Perspectives+on+%E2%80%98A+Roadmap+to+Reducing+Child+Poverty%E2%80%99.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984593647-VK9UR19XBMT9IB87ZS3O/54_Growing+Up+in+%E2%80%98Forgotten+America%E2%80%99_Chris+Arnade%E2%80%99s+Photographs+and+the+Stories+Behind+Them.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ November 13, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066262851-2BDSPYL6QK0CZ6K9H8UR/59_When+School+Choice+is+Too+Little%2C+Too+Late.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/workforce-of-tomorrow-how-early-child-care-shapes-adult-employment</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/6b759f42-c7ca-42be-adae-3282550e004e/Workforce+of+Tomorrow-+How+Early+Child+Care+Shapes+Adult+Employment++%E2%80%94+Hardly+Working+with+Brent+Orrell.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664491028300-9O29VEC6II3B87GRW795/47_What+Does+Early+Childhood+Have+to+Do+with+America%E2%80%99s+Workforce+Problem_A+Lot%2C+Actually.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 5, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/helping-new-families-flourish-interview-with-dr-judith-van-ginkel</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984945988-T8GA5LP1JG8VHE1CH5WK/64_Decoding+the+Nonverbal+Language+of+Babies.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1702578172176-M11N0K878FVN589ZRRJ4/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+about+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/practical-perspectives-on-a-roadmap-to-reducing-child-poverty</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664376018196-K2WRH1H61CGGF6NZDJY9/24_Renewing+Childhood%E2%80%99s+Promise_The+History+and+Future+of+Federal+Early+Care+and+Education+Policy.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665083960037-R6GIC6BANSM5H7OK12K0/53_Portraits+%E2%80%98Forgotten%E2%80%99+America.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 6, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Practical Perspectives on “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty” - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/what-this-viral-video-shows-us-about-early-development-and-fatherhood</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664549132539-OYQDFK5JYMVO2J5L4YGN/38_Building+a+Brain.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-socioeconomic-achievement-gap-hasnt-budged-in-half-a-century-now-what</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What? - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002318991-M3SGXCCST50NBWFWCHHV/67_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+Before+It+Starts.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What? - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 4, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What? - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/decoding-the-nonverbal-language-of-babies-interview-with-dr-beatrice-beebe</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies — Interview with Dr. Beatrice Beebe - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1702578172176-M11N0K878FVN589ZRRJ4/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+about+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies — Interview with Dr. Beatrice Beebe - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984945988-T8GA5LP1JG8VHE1CH5WK/64_Decoding+the+Nonverbal+Language+of+Babies.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies — Interview with Dr. Beatrice Beebe - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/new-horizons-for-early-education-interview-with-chad-dunkley</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665081394175-MG04248AAAL5VLPO5V0I/13_The+Next+Front+in+the+Preschool+Fight.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - New Horizons for Early Education — Interview with Chad Dunkley - The Next Front in the Preschool Fight</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 12, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665084429609-DQKOF0PR86JCD1NMJU1D/15_Too+Little%2C+Too+Late.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - New Horizons for Early Education — Interview with Chad Dunkley - Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - New Horizons for Early Education — Interview with Chad Dunkley - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-michigan-should-spend-new-federal-funds-on-high-quality-childcare-not-universal-pre-k</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Michigan Should Spend New Federal Funds on High-Quality Childcare — Not Universal Pre-K - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Why Michigan Should Spend New Federal Funds on High-Quality Childcare — Not Universal Pre-K - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 8, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067382546-17MKDN2B1SJ0OI1C1U5H/40_What+Pre-K+Evangelists+Get+Wrong.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Why Michigan Should Spend New Federal Funds on High-Quality Childcare — Not Universal Pre-K - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 14, 2016</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/going-upstream-closing-the-achievement-gap-before-it-starts</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Going Upstream: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Going Upstream: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ September 28, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Going Upstream: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 30, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/closing-the-achievement-gap-before-it-starts</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665065823909-7TZEW8MT8416NI3P0138/72_The+Socioeconomic+Achievement+Gap+Hasn%E2%80%99t+Budged+in+Half+a+Century_Now+What.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 22, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - Going Upstream: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 6, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/executive-function-skills-interview-with-stephanie-carlson</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066463437-YVXDW5BKB5N6GQIS2Q8Z/50_Pre-K+Isn%27t+Just+Academic.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Executive Function Skills — Interview with Stephanie Carlson - Pre-K Isn't Just Academic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 27, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002318991-M3SGXCCST50NBWFWCHHV/67_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+Before+It+Starts.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Executive Function Skills — Interview with Stephanie Carlson - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 4, 2019</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665065823909-7TZEW8MT8416NI3P0138/72_The+Socioeconomic+Achievement+Gap+Hasn%E2%80%99t+Budged+in+Half+a+Century_Now+What.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Executive Function Skills — Interview with Stephanie Carlson - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 22, 2019</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/centennial-institute-distinguished-policy-lecture-early-childhood-care-education</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Centennial Institute's Distinguished Policy Lecture: Early Childhood Care &amp;amp; Education - How Universal State-Run Preschool Would Cause Long-Term Harm to Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ February 16, 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Centennial Institute's Distinguished Policy Lecture: Early Childhood Care &amp;amp; Education - Child Care Is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375902516-R212IARSUIWRLHMI75UG/48_Promoting+State+Leadership_Federal+Strategy+Advancing+High-Quality+Care+and+Education+for+Young+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Centennial Institute's Distinguished Policy Lecture: Early Childhood Care &amp;amp; Education - Promoting State Leadership: A Federal Strategy for Advancing High-Quality Care and Education for Young Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Congressional Testimony ~ July 13, 2017</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/decoding-the-nonverbal-language-of-babies</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies — Interview with Dr. Beatrice Beebe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ March 22, 2019</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/social-from-birth</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984945988-T8GA5LP1JG8VHE1CH5WK/64_Decoding+the+Nonverbal+Language+of+Babies.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Social from Birth - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1702578172176-M11N0K878FVN589ZRRJ4/73_What+This+Viral+Video+Shows+about+Early+Development+and+Fatherhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Social from Birth - What This Viral Video Shows Us About Early Development and Fatherhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ June 19, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Social from Birth - Building a Brain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2016</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-breakthrough-federal-initiative-in-early-care-and-education</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375853085-I6SADY3GPNXEFS1B89ZQ/61_A+Federal+Performance+Partnership+for+Early+Childhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375902516-R212IARSUIWRLHMI75UG/48_Promoting+State+Leadership_Federal+Strategy+Advancing+High-Quality+Care+and+Education+for+Young+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education - Promoting State Leadership: A Federal Strategy for Advancing High-Quality Care and Education for Young Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Congressional Testimony ~ July 13, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education - Here Come the Child-Care Cops</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ December 21, 2014</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-federal-performance-partnership-for-early-childhood</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665155650729-UYYP4Q5SNE0TTKSF4FPT/7_A+Caution+to+Early+Educators.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood - A Caution to Early Educators</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664376018196-K2WRH1H61CGGF6NZDJY9/24_Renewing+Childhood%E2%80%99s+Promise_The+History+and+Future+of+Federal+Early+Care+and+Education+Policy.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/expanding-pre-k-will-do-little-for-children</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children - Why Expanding New Mexico State Pre-K Won't Help the Children Who Need Help the Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ July 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children - Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Preschool Forgets Key to Children's Success: Parents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ August 3, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/when-school-choice-is-too-little-too-late</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 22, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067382546-17MKDN2B1SJ0OI1C1U5H/40_What+Pre-K+Evangelists+Get+Wrong.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 14, 2016</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/nature-and-nurture-can-new-science-inform-child-policy-interview-with-dr-jack-shonkoff</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/americas-forgotten-communities-interview-with-chris-arnade</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665083960037-R6GIC6BANSM5H7OK12K0/53_Portraits+%E2%80%98Forgotten%E2%80%99+America.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - America’s Forgotten Communities — Interview with Chris Arnade - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ November 6, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
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      <image:title>CCFP - America’s Forgotten Communities — Interview with Chris Arnade - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 22, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - America’s Forgotten Communities — Interview with Chris Arnade - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 3, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/military-readiness-and-early-childhood-what-is-the-link</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Military Readiness and Early Childhood: What Is the Link? - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Military Readiness and Early Childhood: What Is the Link? - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665017473566-TGSL9N7FEBOE840CSCYU/51_Bipartisan+Childcare+Bill+Won%E2%80%99t+Help+Families+That+Need+it+Most-2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Military Readiness and Early Childhood: What Is the Link? - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 22, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/can-the-tax-system-be-used-to-help-working-families-afford-child-care</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665017473566-TGSL9N7FEBOE840CSCYU/51_Bipartisan+Childcare+Bill+Won%E2%80%99t+Help+Families+That+Need+it+Most-2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Can the Tax System Be Used to Help Working Families Afford Child Care? A Conversation with Representatives Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 22, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Can the Tax System Be Used to Help Working Families Afford Child Care? A Conversation with Representatives Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) - Child Care Is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664985060712-ALGPOXP85TBHW7Z1TN96/105_The+Unintended+Consequences+of+Universal+Childcare_Lessons+from+Sweden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Can the Tax System Be Used to Help Working Families Afford Child Care? A Conversation with Representatives Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/growing-up-in-forgotten-america-chris-arnades-photographs-and-the-stories-behind-them</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665065823909-7TZEW8MT8416NI3P0138/72_The+Socioeconomic+Achievement+Gap+Hasn%E2%80%99t+Budged+in+Half+a+Century_Now+What.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them - The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap Hasn’t Budged in Half a Century. Now What?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 22, 2019</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/8187d4cb-8931-40ec-ab2f-1cf1c0941ca5/20_A+Look+Back+at+the+Social+Security+Act+of+1935+and+Its+Forgotten+Focus+on+Needy+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them - A Look Back at the Social Security Act of 1935 and Its Forgotten Focus on Needy Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ August 13, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/portraits-of-forgotten-america</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664997373678-G49WGDTB4DFBZYIQK0N0/74_Practical+Perspectives+on+A+Roadmap+to+Reducing+Child+Poverty.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America - Practical Perspectives on ‘A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 17, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984593647-VK9UR19XBMT9IB87ZS3O/54_Growing+Up+in+%E2%80%98Forgotten+America%E2%80%99_Chris+Arnade%E2%80%99s+Photographs+and+the+Stories+Behind+Them.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Portraits of ‘Forgotten’ America - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ November 13, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-a-mothers-mental-health-affect-her-fetus-interview-with-dr-catherine-monk</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does a Mother’s Mental Health Affect Her Fetus? - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665012889278-HWDBAJRI046JNIVA7FLD/89_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+%7C+IN+60+SECONDS.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does a Mother’s Mental Health Affect Her Fetus? - Closing the Achievement Gap | IN 60 SECONDS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ September 28, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808065534-8DRCNAFW3RBEN59ORZ3I/58_Nature+and+Nurture_Can+New+Science+Inform+Child+Policy_Interview+with+Jack+Shonkoff.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does a Mother’s Mental Health Affect Her Fetus? - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/bipartisan-childcare-bill-wont-help-families-that-need-it-most</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984593647-VK9UR19XBMT9IB87ZS3O/54_Growing+Up+in+%E2%80%98Forgotten+America%E2%80%99_Chris+Arnade%E2%80%99s+Photographs+and+the+Stories+Behind+Them.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Bipartisan Childcare Bill Won’t Help Families That Need it Most - Growing Up in ‘Forgotten America’: Chris Arnade’s Photographs and the Stories Behind Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ November 13, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pre-k-isnt-just-academic</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665103893642-JKN2543X1RU28KZL1EX6/22_Schools+Aren%27t+Everything.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn't Just Academic - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808016989-M3SN6DGGHFR8Y7LDAYKP/66_Executive+Function+Skills_Interview+with+Stephanie+Carlson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn't Just Academic - Executive Function Skills — Interview with Stephanie Carlson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ December 20, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002318991-M3SGXCCST50NBWFWCHHV/67_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+Before+It+Starts.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn't Just Academic - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 4, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-importance-of-the-first-five-years-katharine-stevens-testimony-on-capitol-hill</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Importance of the First Five Years: Katharine Stevens’ Testimony on Capitol Hill - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664808065534-8DRCNAFW3RBEN59ORZ3I/58_Nature+and+Nurture_Can+New+Science+Inform+Child+Policy_Interview+with+Jack+Shonkoff.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Importance of the First Five Years: Katharine Stevens’ Testimony on Capitol Hill - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Importance of the First Five Years: Katharine Stevens’ Testimony on Capitol Hill - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/promoting-state-leadership-a-federal-strategy-for-advancing-high-quality-care-and-education-for-young-children</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-12</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375853085-I6SADY3GPNXEFS1B89ZQ/61_A+Federal+Performance+Partnership+for+Early+Childhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting State Leadership: A Federal Strategy for Advancing High-Quality Care and Education for Young Children - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665106845692-3NCHHF4Y1O1EC2E370HZ/25_%E2%80%98Set+Their+Feet+Upon+Surer+Paths%E2%80%99.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting State Leadership: A Federal Strategy for Advancing High-Quality Care and Education for Young Children - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 3, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664492600148-IBLWU0SU2UFFS1R3YORV/62_A+Breakthrough+Federal+Initiative+in+Early+Care+and+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Promoting State Leadership: A Federal Strategy for Advancing High-Quality Care and Education for Young Children - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ September 26, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/what-does-early-childhood-have-to-do-with-americas-workforce-problem-a-lot-actually</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493100232-0N026DIMAFMRMWCJ52CH/76_Workforce+of+Tomorrow%3A+How+Early+Child+Care+Shapes+Adult+Employment.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ March 4, 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/workforce-of-today-workforce-of-tomorrow-the-business-case-for-high-quality-childcare</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664494794840-POBQ6SCP3FGBZ0NOVFX2/106_A+Big+Stake+in+the+Ground+for+Universal+Childcare+Via+the+American+Rescue+Plan.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare - A Big Stake in the Ground for Universal Childcare Via the American Rescue Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ March 4, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664494612084-KNHO5KOH2JJXMY0X4ZQG/104_Why+I%E2%80%99m+Holding+an+Event+on+%E2%80%98The+Unintended+Consequences+of+Universal+Child+Care%E2%80%99.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare - Why I’m Holding an Event on ‘The Unintended Consequences of Universal Child Care’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 26, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/federal-early-childhood-care-and-education-programs-advancing-opportunity-through-early-learning</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375853085-I6SADY3GPNXEFS1B89ZQ/61_A+Federal+Performance+Partnership+for+Early+Childhood.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Federal Early Care and Education Programs: Advancing Opportunity through Early Learning - A Federal Performance Partnership for Early Childhood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665106845692-3NCHHF4Y1O1EC2E370HZ/25_%E2%80%98Set+Their+Feet+Upon+Surer+Paths%E2%80%99.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Federal Early Care and Education Programs: Advancing Opportunity through Early Learning - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 3, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664492600148-IBLWU0SU2UFFS1R3YORV/62_A+Breakthrough+Federal+Initiative+in+Early+Care+and+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Federal Early Care and Education Programs: Advancing Opportunity through Early Learning - A Breakthrough Federal Initiative in Early Care and Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ September 26, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/child-care-is-critical</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care is Critical - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664491028300-9O29VEC6II3B87GRW795/47_What+Does+Early+Childhood+Have+to+Do+with+America%E2%80%99s+Workforce+Problem_A+Lot%2C+Actually.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care is Critical - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 5, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care is Critical - The Case for Home-Based Child Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 16, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-good-and-bad-in-virginias-2016-school-readiness-report-card</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Good and Bad in Virginia’s 2016 School Readiness Report Card - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665000609240-YXQOFKC8PGWWJUYDPONY/90_Why+Children+Can%E2%80%99t+Read+%E2%80%94+and+What+We+Can+Do+About+It.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Good and Bad in Virginia’s 2016 School Readiness Report Card - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 29, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665074581440-LXGV0YRT3TOUNHC402ZI/92_Taking+Stock+of+a+Half-Century+of+Failed+Education+Reform.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Good and Bad in Virginia’s 2016 School Readiness Report Card - Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Failed Education Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 30, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-issue-44-help-poor-kids</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375694396-JB9HWP9K1JNV8IYN2COL/88-Still+Left+Behind_How+America%E2%80%99s+Schools+Keep+Failing+Our+Childrenpng.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does ‘Issue 44’ Help Poor Kids? - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066156598-06O70LQBAB63KW62EFE8/60_Expanding+Pre-K+Will+Do+Little+for+Children.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does ‘Issue 44’ Help Poor Kids? - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 11, 2018</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664807893893-1TZRBAGBXOMB697CBXF4/75_Helping+New+Families+Flourish_Interview+with+Dr.+Judith+Van+Ginkel.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does ‘Issue 44’ Help Poor Kids? - Helping New Families Flourish — Interview with Dr. Judith Van Ginkel</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 30, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/early-childhood-is-the-foundation-of-opportunity</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002318991-M3SGXCCST50NBWFWCHHV/67_Closing+the+Achievement+Gap+Before+It+Starts.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Early Childhood Is the Foundation of Opportunity - Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Starts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 4, 2019</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067382546-17MKDN2B1SJ0OI1C1U5H/40_What+Pre-K+Evangelists+Get+Wrong.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Early Childhood Is the Foundation of Opportunity - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 14, 2016</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067490382-HET82NITJLHY4OG0QVAL/36_A+Much-Needed+Pre-K+Primer.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Early Childhood Is the Foundation of Opportunity - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 11, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/what-pre-k-evangelists-get-wrong</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002653952-7YX4CJ3G35QKQ94ET4YG/49_Importance+First+Five+Years_Katharine+Stevens%E2%80%99+Testimony+Capitol+Hill.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong - The Importance of the First Five Years: Katharine Stevens’ Testimony on Capitol Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 19, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067490382-HET82NITJLHY4OG0QVAL/36_A+Much-Needed+Pre-K+Primer.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 11, 2016</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002747259-FXQBYK8NSNN1J4A7QVOQ/37_Child+Care%2C+Not+Pre-K%2C+is+Our+Nation%E2%80%99s+Most+Important+Early+Education+Program.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-america-need-universal-preschool-a-long-read-qa-with-katharine-stevens</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does America Need Universal Preschool? A Long-read Q&amp;amp;A with Katharine Stevens - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001607812-YL8BXCP87IMENDGW43HZ/111_How+a+Faulty+Generalization+is+Sabotaging+Early+Childhood+Policy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does America Need Universal Preschool? A Long-read Q&amp;amp;A with Katharine Stevens - How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664495226048-Y0UVH98JP2RDRU8CESYI/115_The+Problem+With+Universal+Pre-K+%E2%80%94+Are+You+Kidding+Me.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does America Need Universal Preschool? A Long-read Q&amp;amp;A with Katharine Stevens - The Problem With Universal Pre-K — Are You Kidding Me?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ February 16, 2022</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/building-a-brain</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375568485-XC5CQ8Y93ES3JQR4V85H/110_Improving+Early+Childhood+Development+by+Allowing+Tax+Credits.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Brain - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002461394-DWJXRUARTD4M67NXLIKO/63_Social+From+Birth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Brain - Social from Birth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 15, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664984945988-T8GA5LP1JG8VHE1CH5WK/64_Decoding+the+Nonverbal+Language+of+Babies.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Building a Brain - Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 19, 2018</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/child-care-not-pre-k-is-our-nations-most-important-early-education-program</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665001459026-22Y8Y5B3A4Y9BT8ZR4D5/112_The+Role+of+Families+in+Human+Flourishing_+My+Long-Read+Q%26A+with+James+Heckman.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program - The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&amp;A with James Heckman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ April 14, 2021</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665066823221-YUU9KOI46C2BWPRF180U/44_Child+Care+Is+Critical.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program - Child Care is Critical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ January 12, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-much-needed-pre-k-primer</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067626268-LUYCW2K5RW1LNG2F1AY2/23_Preschool+for+All+is+No+Panacea%2C+California.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 8, 2015</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002747259-FXQBYK8NSNN1J4A7QVOQ/37_Child+Care%2C+Not+Pre-K%2C+is+Our+Nation%E2%80%99s+Most+Important+Early+Education+Program.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/were-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-early-childhood-education</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665002747259-FXQBYK8NSNN1J4A7QVOQ/37_Child+Care%2C+Not+Pre-K%2C+is+Our+Nation%E2%80%99s+Most+Important+Early+Education+Program.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067490382-HET82NITJLHY4OG0QVAL/36_A+Much-Needed+Pre-K+Primer.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 11, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-pre-k-work-the-research-on-ten-early-childhood-programs-and-what-it-tells-us</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-12</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/eaffd91c-04eb-4f8b-a6a2-d71b58db08b8/studies+used+to+promote+prek+actually+make+the+case+for+a+different+approach.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>INFOGRAPHIC | Studies used to promote Pre-K actually make the case for a different approach (click image to enlarge)</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 17, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/37230d0f-1802-4b2a-a24c-9a351a42792b/35_We%E2%80%99re+Asking+the+Wrong+Questions+About+Early+Childhood+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665106948758-LH1IFVMMU67UN9WW00G3/32_The+Narrow+Focus+of+Pre-K+Research.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 23, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-role-of-business-leadership-in-advancing-early-childhood-policy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375925664-XK28Y404VKUQISCGJX0N/46_Workforce+of+Today+Workforce+of+Tomorrow_The+Business+Case+for+High-Quality+Childcare.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Business Leadership in Advancing Early Childhood Policy - Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ June 21, 2017</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664493100232-0N026DIMAFMRMWCJ52CH/76_Workforce+of+Tomorrow%3A+How+Early+Child+Care+Shapes+Adult+Employment.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Business Leadership in Advancing Early Childhood Policy - Workforce of Tomorrow: How Early Child Care Shapes Adult Employment</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ March 4, 2020</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664491028300-9O29VEC6II3B87GRW795/47_What+Does+Early+Childhood+Have+to+Do+with+America%E2%80%99s+Workforce+Problem_A+Lot%2C+Actually.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Role of Business Leadership in Advancing Early Childhood Policy - What Does Early Childhood Have to Do with America’s Workforce Problem? A Lot, Actually</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 5, 2017</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-narrow-focus-of-pre-k-research</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/37230d0f-1802-4b2a-a24c-9a351a42792b/35_We%E2%80%99re+Asking+the+Wrong+Questions+About+Early+Childhood+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665003047820-494RLJMQT88SQAUFNC6A/31_Let%E2%80%99s+Get+Inside+the+Black+Box+of+Pre-K.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research - Let’s Get Inside the Black Box of Pre-K</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 25, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/lets-get-inside-the-black-box-of-pre-k</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664999200957-71V5KOXHVSUJOFLKSFN7/30_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+A+Look+at+the+Research.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Let’s Get Inside the Black Box of Pre-K - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 17, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Let’s Get Inside the Black Box of Pre-K - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 23, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Let’s Get Inside the Black Box of Pre-K - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/does-pre-k-work-a-look-at-the-research</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research - Let’s Get Inside the Black Box of Pre-K</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ February 25, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Does Pre-K Work? A Look at the Research - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 23, 2016</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/theres-nothing-magical-about-pre-k</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067382546-17MKDN2B1SJ0OI1C1U5H/40_What+Pre-K+Evangelists+Get+Wrong.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - There’s Nothing Magical About Pre-K - What Pre-K Evangelists Get Wrong</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 14, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/37230d0f-1802-4b2a-a24c-9a351a42792b/35_We%E2%80%99re+Asking+the+Wrong+Questions+About+Early+Childhood+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - There’s Nothing Magical About Pre-K - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665067490382-HET82NITJLHY4OG0QVAL/36_A+Much-Needed+Pre-K+Primer.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - There’s Nothing Magical About Pre-K - A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 11, 2016</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-promise-of-pay-for-success</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Promise of Pay for Success - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 2, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Promise of Pay for Success - Pay For What Works</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Promise of Pay for Success - Pay for Success Doesn’t Mean Wall Street Is Recruiting in Pre-K</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ August 3, 2015</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pay-for-success-a-new-approach-to-funding-social-welfare-programs</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs - The Promise of Pay for Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 4, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/5d03c0e5-2377-495f-b440-027fdd072178/18_Pay+For+What+Works.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs - Pay For What Works</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs - Pay for Preschool Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ December 9, 2015</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pay-for-preschool-success</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664375991578-OVXCVGK6X0WEDL232KSL/34_Does+Pre-K+Work%3F+The+Research+on+Ten+Early+Childhood+Programs%E2%80%94and+What+it+Tells+Us.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Preschool Success - Does Pre-K Work? The Research on Ten Early Childhood Programs—and What it Tells Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 12, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Preschool Success - The Narrow Focus of Pre-K Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 23, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Preschool Success - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 2, 2016</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/set-their-feet-upon-surer-paths</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664376018196-K2WRH1H61CGGF6NZDJY9/24_Renewing+Childhood%E2%80%99s+Promise_The+History+and+Future+of+Federal+Early+Care+and+Education+Policy.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’ - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’ - ‘Path Dependency’ in Early Childhood Policy: What It Is and Why It Matters</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 6, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’ - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/renewing-childhoods-promise</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/539d7d58-ce02-4303-a616-11ba16b80e42/federal+early+childhood+care+and+educ+have+become+fragmented.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and  Future of Federal  Early Care and  Education Policy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>INFOGRAPHIC | Studies used to promote Pre-K actually make the case for a different approach (click to enlarge)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and  Future of Federal  Early Care and  Education Policy - ‘Path Dependency’ in Early Childhood Policy: What It Is and Why It Matters</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 6, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/8187d4cb-8931-40ec-ab2f-1cf1c0941ca5/20_A+Look+Back+at+the+Social+Security+Act+of+1935+and+Its+Forgotten+Focus+on+Needy+Children.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and  Future of Federal  Early Care and  Education Policy - A Look Back at the Social Security Act of 1935 and Its Forgotten Focus on Needy Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ August 13, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and  Future of Federal  Early Care and  Education Policy - Improving Early Childhood Development by Allowing Advanced Child Tax Credits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ April 8, 2021</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/preschool-for-all-is-no-panacea-california</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California - Schools Aren't Everything</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 22, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664495226048-Y0UVH98JP2RDRU8CESYI/115_The+Problem+With+Universal+Pre-K+%E2%80%94+Are+You+Kidding+Me.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California - The Problem With Universal Pre-K — Are You Kidding Me?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ February 16, 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California - Expanding Pre-K Will Do Little for Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 11, 2018</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/schools-arent-everything</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Aren't Everything - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Aren't Everything - Pre-K Isn't Just Academic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 27, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Schools Aren't Everything - The Problem With Universal Pre-K — Are You Kidding Me?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Podcast ~ February 16, 2022</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pre-k-isnt-enough</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665007029208-BHI4JNWB8WLYVF77L6GG/19_Pay+for+Success+Doesn%27t+Mean+Wall+Street+is+Recruiting+in+Prek.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn’t Enough - Pay for Success Doesn’t Mean Wall Street Is Recruiting in Pre-K</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ August 3, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn’t Enough - Child Care, Not Pre-K, is Our Nation’s Most Important Early Education Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/37230d0f-1802-4b2a-a24c-9a351a42792b/35_We%E2%80%99re+Asking+the+Wrong+Questions+About+Early+Childhood+Education.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pre-K Isn’t Enough - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-look-back-at-the-social-security-act-of-1935-and-its-forgotten-focus-on-needy-children</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Look Back at the Social Security Act of 1935 and Its Forgotten Focus on Needy Children - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1665106845692-3NCHHF4Y1O1EC2E370HZ/25_%E2%80%98Set+Their+Feet+Upon+Surer+Paths%E2%80%99.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - A Look Back at the Social Security Act of 1935 and Its Forgotten Focus on Needy Children - ‘Set Their Feet Upon Surer Paths’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 3, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Look Back at the Social Security Act of 1935 and Its Forgotten Focus on Needy Children - Practical Perspectives on ‘A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ July 17, 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pay-for-success-doesnt-mean-wall-street-is-recruiting-in-pre-k</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success Doesn’t Mean Wall Street Is Recruiting in Pre-K - Pay for Preschool Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ December 9, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/5d03c0e5-2377-495f-b440-027fdd072178/18_Pay+For+What+Works.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success Doesn’t Mean Wall Street Is Recruiting in Pre-K - Pay For What Works</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ July 14, 2015</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664990272214-HXZXY76WTBPWONQ83M1L/27_Pay+for+Success_+A+New+Approach+to+Funding+Social+Welfare+Programs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pay for Success Doesn’t Mean Wall Street Is Recruiting in Pre-K - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 2, 2016</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/pay-for-what-works</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a6e29e6f344c078ba0d376/1664990272214-HXZXY76WTBPWONQ83M1L/27_Pay+for+Success_+A+New+Approach+to+Funding+Social+Welfare+Programs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CCFP - Pay For What Works - Pay for Success: A New Approach to Funding Social Welfare Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ February 2, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ December 9, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Blog ~ July 6, 2015</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/path-dependency-in-early-childhood-policy-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - ‘Path Dependency’ in Early Childhood Policy: What It Is and Why It Matters - Renewing Childhood’s Promise: The History and Future of Federal Early Care and Education Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ November 2, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ November 3, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Blog ~ August 13, 2015</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/advancing-opportunity-through-early-learning</loc>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Advancing Opportunity Through Early Learning - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 1, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Policy Brief ~ June 4, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/too-little-too-late</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 12, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 1, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Too Little, Too Late - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-science-of-early-learning-a-foundation-for-expanding-opportunity</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Science of Early Learning: A Foundation for Expanding Opportunity - Federal Early Childhood Care and Education Programs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Essay ~ February 22, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Blog ~ October 17, 2016</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-next-front-in-the-preschool-fight</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Next Front in the Preschool Fight - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Next Front in the Preschool Fight - Do’s and Don’ts for Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Essay ~ April 23, 2015</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/early-education-teachers-need-better-training</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Early-Education Teachers Need Better Training - Still Left Behind: How America’s Schools Keep Failing Our Children</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report ~ September 21, 2020</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Early-Education Teachers Need Better Training - Why Children Can’t Read — and What We Can Do About It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ October 29, 2020</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/dos-and-donts-for-early-childhood-education</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 4, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Dos and Don’ts for Early Childhood Education - Does America Need Universal Preschool? A Long-read Q&amp;A with Katharine Stevens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blog ~ September 8, 2016</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/reauthorizing-the-federal-home-visiting-program-was-the-right-thing-to-do</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Reauthorizing the Federal Home Visiting Program Was the Right Thing to Do - We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Early Childhood Education</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ April 26, 2016</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-myth-of-universal-pre-k</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ September 1, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 17, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - The Myth of Universal Pre-K - Preschool for All is No Panacea, California</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ October 8, 2015</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/what-early-education-can-learn-from-the-k-12-choice-movement</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement - The Next Front in the Preschool Fight</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ May 12, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement - Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement - When School Choice is Too Little, Too Late</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 1, 2018</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/a-caution-to-early-educators</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Caution to Early Educators - What Early Education Can Learn from the K-12 Choice Movement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ March 9, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Caution to Early Educators - Why I’m Holding an Event on ‘The Unintended Consequences of Universal Child Care’</image:title>
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      <image:title>CCFP - A Caution to Early Educators - Early Childhood Education: Worth Doing and Worth Doing Right</image:title>
      <image:caption>Essay ~ January 8, 2015</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/early-childhood-education-worth-doing-and-worth-doing-right</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Early Childhood Education: Worth Doing and Worth Doing Right - Nature and Nurture: Can New Science Inform Child Policy? – Interview with Jack Shonkoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Video ~ January 25, 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ June 10, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ December 21, 2014</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/here-come-the-child-care-cops</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Here Come the Child-Care Cops - A Caution to Early Educators</image:title>
      <image:caption>Op-Ed ~ February 10, 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CCFP - Here Come the Child-Care Cops - The Unintended Consequences of Universal Childcare: Lessons from Sweden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Event ~ March 2, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Blog ~ March 4, 2021</image:caption>
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