NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

Nearly 90,000 early care and education professionals have left the field since early 2020, leaving parents across the country without care and employers without workers. Learn how two states, California and Louisiana, are tapping into workforce data to inform policy and investments for the early care and education workforce.

As policymakers across the nation grapple with oral health care access challenges, states have implemented policies to strengthen their oral health workforces. This webinar will explore the challenges states face in providing high-quality oral health care and dive into workforce strategies and how they may be leveraged to reduce geographic and racial health disparities. Speakers will discuss state actions that support the provider infrastructure, expand the oral health workforce through innovative models, and improve access for those in areas with oral health care shortages.

Learn everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington, D.C., at this informative, fast-paced briefing. During the last 10 minutes, participants will have the opportunity to join a breakout room for further in-depth discussion on transportation, criminal justice, education, health and human services and more.