I think we regularly underestimate how receptive voters are to the idea that child care should be treated as a universal free service akin to public schools.

At the #DNC2024, Emma Biggs, an inspiring childcare changemaker from North Carolina, took the spotlight at the #CareCantWait panel, emphasizing that quality, accessible care is not just a need but a right. 🌟⬇️ bit.ly/3MraSoa

.Tim Walz tells Dana Bash that #childcare is key to the growth of small businesses. Parents need child care to be part of the workforce. It’s pretty straightforward. It’s time for the care policies that we all need! #CareCantWait

“Childcare is essential for economic productivity and child development, but the current system fails to meet the needs of families and providers. Public funding and policy changes are crucial to addressing these issues. #AffordableChildcareNow

Let's play a game called 'care or education?' Here are a series of examples. What say you? 1) A student comes into a HS physics class crying. The staff member leading the class goes over to check on & comfort the student before starting the lesson. Is the staff member providing:

Powerful day with the Black Leaders Collective. Thanks to Dr. Choquette Hamilton for sharing how Travis County Prop A will make childcare, afterschool & summer programs more affordable & accessible for families and help more families participate in the workforce. #AffordableChildcareNow

“Better supporting parents will require policy changes & expanded community programs that help ensure parents & caregivers can secure affordable child care. Travis County voters can support local families in November - Vote for #AffordableChildcareToday! Travis County Prop A.

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Child care investments to bring down costs and build up supply for families won't become a reality in the absence of direct investment in the workforce. Grateful that the Times Union editorial board continues to emphasize this point. timesunion.com/opinion/articl…

"Child care is the work that makes all other work possible." - Miriam Calderon

The right to go to school and not get killed by an AR-15 is more important than the right to an AR-15.

Your right to own a gun does not supersede a child’s right to go to school and not get shot.

Just as a reminder, kids are not dying in fucking mass readings. We need to be banning guns not books.

JD Vance is pretending he doesn't have a record on child care, so I'll remind everybody: He called Biden's child care policy "a class war against normal people."🤡 He has no solutions, he just knows he can't say mothers should quit their jobs.

A study by the National Association of Manufacturers found that a lack of #childcare was a top issue for all workers and addressing that lack could help close the skills gap and fill jobs. nam.org/child-care-cou…

Thankfully voters in Travis County have the opportunity to support more access to affordable quality childcare on the ballot in November through Travis County Prop A - Affordable Childcare Today.

Travis County families and businesses cannot count on the federal and state government to prioritize child care - families need quality affordable care NOW, not after sitting on a waiting list for 2 years. Support Travis County Prop A for #AffordableChildcareToday!

“What came out of Trump’s mouth, ……. was not a direct answer about child care, which he dismissed as ultimately not a very big problem” Tell this to the millions of families grappling with child care issues & costs daily. #SolveChildCare cnn.com/2024/09/06/pol…

Happy #NationalGrandparentsDay! Read why Travis County Prop A - #AffordableChildcareToday is important to grandparents & families today.

Couldn’t help myself and dropped by #TribFest24 to check out the conversation on child care!