Every daycare has a waiting list, there's no childminding, formula is $50+ a can, there's no childrens' tylenol, people complain when you bring your kids *anywhere*, no mask mandate in schools, kids home sick most days a month - how are you doing, parents? Like HOW are you

The average annual cost of #childcare in the U.S. hit $10,600 per child in 2021 according to data from Child Care Aware of America. Affording care is going to hurt no matter where you live, but as this new graphic illustrates, $10k would be downright affordable in many parts of the country.

Families still need support, and #childcare is still in crisis. #movement4childcare nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Want to hear a scary story? The Administration for Children and Families has released state-specific fact sheets detailing how states are using one-time American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars in #childcare. And they are absolutely terrifying. 🧵

Join MomsRising MamásConPoder and School Readiness for an #EarlyEdChat on Oct. 27 @ 2pm ET. Bilingual discussions will touch on the inequities in the early childhood education system & how families can feel empowered to address these issues. #SolveChildCare

🗳️The future of childcare is in our hands. All working families deserve quality, affordable, local child care and all providers deserve to earn a living wage with sustainable benefits.

My latest, co-published with The Washington Post: Finding child care is still impossible for many parents hechingerreport.org/finding-child-…

If you have student loans and work in early childhood education, you might be eligible for debt forgiveness - but Monday is a critical deadline. Please share!

The photos alone tell the story of systemic racism and #ECE. Check out this excellent article by Mark Swartz and our interactive #childcare history project he mentions cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/echoe…

NEW MEXICO!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 #movement4childcare congrats OLÉ 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿

Voters overwhelmingly endorse initiatives that support families and young children & view access to child care/early learning opportunities as a RIGHT earlylearningnation.substack.com/p/new-mexico-i…

Sen. Senator Patty Murray describing her conversation with President Donald J. Trump when he called to congratulate her on her vicotory: "I said thank you, Joe. And by the way, we now need to get child care done." seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p…

Imagine if, rather than having a public school system, we told parents it was up to them to secure and finance K12 education on their own. And that if they couldn’t afford it then maybe they just shouldn’t have had a child. For many this is our current reality from birth-five.

💪🏽We won’t stop fighting for #ChildCare Child care is not a luxury for our families it’s a necessity! 📢A necessity that needs to be addressed! Let parents get back to work/school and invest EVERYTHING we can into child care! #Invest #Money #ParentPower #Family

💪🏽Let's push to keep #ChildTaxCredit expansion front & center as Congress negotiates end-of-year spending. Last year's House version of the #BuildBackBetter Act was critical AND could have moved us closer to closing the racial wealth gap. ✊🏽 #BuildBackForJustice #ParentPower ✊🏽

"We don't give up. We push through, and when everyone thinks there is no solution, we find a solution and bring the rest of the parents along with us." -Shantal Ferrell, parent leader 📍Read more about her story & more in our latest eNewsletter! 🔗: conta.cc/3tImSbM

Worst in the world. #movement4chdcare

Families need affordable child care. Children need quality care. Providers need livable wages. It's a complex challenge and there are concrete ways to move forward.

"...our country has never valued the childcare work that women of color perform." Nearly 44% of early learning & child care professionals are women of color, & their median wage in 2021 was $13.22. It's time to value + compensate care workers fairly. newsweek.com/fair-pay-women…