At Children's Council, we are excited to see a growing public awareness that access to quality child care is a "two generation" issue. This is an important step toward convincing government to increase the availability of child care subsidies for low-income families. Two recent articles from influential publications in Washington explain why investing in child care is good for children, good for working parents, and good for the economy as a whole.

We are pleased to announce that Kaiser Permanente recently awarded Children's Council their coveted Community Benefit Grant. With this funding, Children's Council will work with a select group of child care sites in the mission district to improve nutrition and physical activity in their programs. Kaiser Permanente's support of our Healthy Apple Program promises to benefit preventative health by teaching healthy habits early.