the care board
Visualizing care connections across the U.S. economy
Our mission is to use data to reveal the essential role of care in sustaining families, communities, workers, and the broader economy.
Explore the Board:
What is the Care Economy?
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Circles of Care
Explore care providers
The Flow of Care
Explore how care resources are distributed
Broader Impacts
Discover care's value and scale
Methodology & Data
Explore The Care Board's methodology
Misty Heggeness, Joseph Bommarito, and Lucie Prewitt. The Care Board: Version 1.0 [dataset]. Lawrence, KS: Kansas Population Center, 2025. https://thecareboard.org.
The Care Board
Using data to measure and visualize formal and informal care work in the U.S. economy
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