By Julie Kashen and Amanda Novello, includes “For too long, the United States has treated managing both care and work as an individual responsibility and failed to enact common-sense care policies … In September 2021, committees in the House of Representatives voted to pass President Biden’s care economy proposals that include paid family and medical leave, comprehensive child care, universal preschool, and significant funding for home and community-based services. … This report grades states on their existing care infrastructure. …”