The Care Board
Using data to reveal the essential role of care in sustaining families, communities, workers, and the broader economy.
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Explore our interactive dashboard to uncover how care work shapes our economy.
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Our mission is to illuminate the economic significance of care work, encompassing activities often overlooked in traditional economic data. The Care Board serves as a centralized hub, aggregating existing statistics from administrative sources and generating new statistics on the care economy.
Latest Blogs
The Care Board: A New Tool for Understanding the Care Economy
Learn about our interactive dashboard and how to use it to explore care work across the U.S.
Childcare Affordability Analysis: A State-by-State Breakdown
Explore how childcare costs vary across states and how affordability differs by family structure.
Parenthood & Part-Time Work: Insights from Prime-Age Workers
Understand how parenthood—especially motherhood—shapes work patterns and part-time employment.
Essential Work, Insufficient Pay: A Disconnect in the Caregiving Industry
Discover the mismatch between care workers’ wages and the essential value of care in society.