#ChildCare is essential. I support ZERO TO THREE’s #StrollingThunder families urging Congress to #ThinkBabies and prioritize accessible, affordable & high-quality child care programs that give all families and children a chance to succeed. thinkbabies.org/take-action-co…

30% of young children receive their early education in home-based #childcare . In a new video, “What is Home-based Child Care?” Home Grown explains what home-based child care is and how this kind of care supports children and families.
Watch ⤵️youtu.be/XDOb7OmXzPY

Families are not backing down! And we're helping get their message to policymakers. #StrollingThunder returns 4/30, as babies and families from all 50 states & DC meet with Congress to urge them to #ThinkBabies . Meet the family representing your state: bit.ly/3S55zyu

Today, in honor of Care Workers Recognition Month, CEA published a blog post highlighting seven reasons the economics of child care necessitate policy solutions like those put forward by the Biden-Harris administration. A🧵1/

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A majority of voters want to #TaxtheRich to fund care policies like #childcare , paid leave, and aging & disability care via National Women's Law Center & MomsRising: momsrising.org/newsroom/natio…

Sign MomsRising's letter telling Congress to invest in these programs! action.momsrising.org/sign/TaxDay202… #TaxDay2024

.Small Business Majority’s new research found that 67% of #smallbiz owners support measures like the Child Care Stabilization Act, which would fill a $16 billion gap in federal funding for #childcare .

Read more: tinyurl.com/t4c8pk4n

ECE is the backbone of our economy, yet only a fraction of eligible families receive assistance & educators are vastly underpaid. We need a fully funded #childcare program that prioritizes job quality & the needs of families. Center on Poverty & National Women's Law Center bit.ly/RE-CCDF

“If our pay is cut, we won’t be patient anymore…the day pay is cut, classrooms will be empty”

Mayor Muriel Bowser do you hear that? Our city needs our early educators and they must be fairly paid. Stop going back on your promises. Restore the Pay Equity Fund!

.Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed FY25 budget decimates the #childcare sector with massive, multi-year cuts to subsidies for families, and permanently eliminates the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and HealthCare4ChildCare. Read our statement: under3dc.org/mayor-bowsers-… #Under3DC

Women who want to start or grow their families are often discouraged by the economic costs of caregiving. Let’s make it easier to have and raise children by investing in #Childcare & #PaidLeaveForAll . washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

NEW in The Atlantic: We don’t have ‘affordable’ public schools, ‘affordable’ libraries or ‘affordable’ fire departments. Why do we accept ‘affordable’ as the goalpost for child care?

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🍎Did you know? #CACFP supports healthy meals & snacks for 4+ million kids each DAY in #childcare , #HeadStart & #afterschool programs! Join us to support the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act & the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act! bit.ly/48UlaH7 #CACFP Week

BREAKING: Dads Caucus members stun in building block pins.

Ruben Gallego and Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. are showing off their Dads Caucus pins ahead of the #SOTU to remind people the Dads Caucus is building a brighter future for kids everywhere.

Looking forward to seeing lots of building blocks for #childcare at the #SOTU . Thank you to the Congressional Dads Caucus for your hard work and leadership!

This is important progress for families!

We look forward to working with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris,  Congress, and states to pass robust funding to make affordable child care the reality for all families.

Tell your elected officials to fund child care now:
act.nwlc.org/a/child-care-s…

Cruelty is the point.

“lowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths ‘when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.’ Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said bluntly, ‘I don't believe in welfare.’”

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Loved contributing to this piece with my@nwlc colleagues ⁦Melissa Boteach⁩ ⁦Whitney Pesek, JD⁩ ⁦Sarah⁩ — because women and families need and deserve big public investments in care, housing, and more, so all of us can succeed in this economy thecut.com/2023/12/how-to…

Toyota is a huge employer in WV. Monday they told lawmakers that WV needs to take action to expand availability of childcare so working parents can work. Kim Menke, Regional Director for Government Affairs for Toyota outlined how the lack of childcare adversely impacts business.

.Daniel Hains Stephanie Schmit Sarah Yergeau (she/her) Whitney Pesek, JD Melissa Boteach

For every parent, child care is a “do it now” problem, not a “do it later” problem.

Congress needs to treat it the same way. Urgent. Essential.

RT if you agree.