Child Care & Education Attainment

Child Care

Bright Futures AZ
Governor Hobbs is proposing a robust child care initiative that aims to:

• Decrease Child Care Costs for Arizona Families
• Increase Child Care Availability
• Address Early Childhood Education Workforce Needs
• Support Child Care Providers

Learn more about the Bright Futures AZ initiative.

Child Care Study - Governor Hobbs and the Arizona Commerce Authority commissioned a study to understand the child care needs across the state, in partnership with DES and First Things First.

• Read the Child Care Study
• Watch the November 2023 press conference

Business Toolkit - First Things First Developed this toolkit for business leaders to demonstrate the myriad ways that businesses can support their employees’ child care needs.

Education Attainment

The data is clear: increasing education attainment benefits individuals and families, strengthens our workforce and uplifts our economy. However, just 48% of Arizonans have a degree or certificate. This is why partners came together to create the Achieve60AZ goal to increase education attainment to 60% by 2030 and remove the barriers that students and adults face with postsecondary education.

Governor Hobbs has led a number of postsecondary education initiatives to make progress towards the state’s Achieve60AZ goal as a part of the Talent Ready AZ umbrella.

Learn more about Governor Hobb’s postsecondary education attainment initiatives.