On this #ProviderAppreciationDay, we say: #ThankYouChildCare! Share with us: Why are YOU thankful for child care providers? hubs.li/H0MRmRk0 #ECE #earlyed #buildchildcare

Toilet paper and home exercise equipment supply challenges have sorted themselves out. America’s #childcare issues remain a crisis - and things are only going to get worse without reform and investment. fortune.com/2021/05/07/chi…

America’s economic recovery and long-term economic success will depend on whether we we build a #childcare system that meets the needs of families who rely on it. nytimes.com/2021/05/09/bus…

Child care is essential to America’s recovery and long-term economic success. YES YES YES 👇 👇 👇

"Millions of American workers, hoping to get back to their jobs once the public health risk has sufficiently decreased, will not be able to do so until they have safe, reliable, and affordable #childcare." CAP Early Childhood usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

"We're all showing each other how burned out and exhausted we are, but what's being done? I don't want a Hallmark card, I want a policy change." What a mom working from the bathtub showed America about the #childcare crisis: goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/p…

Finding #childcare that is affordable, safe, and developmentally appropriate is important for parents - but not always easy. Let's build and invest in an early learning system that allows families to choose the program or provider that meets their needs. ffyf.org/where-are-youn…

Now is the time to build a system of early care and education that works for working families. An inability to find and afford quality #childcare and #earlylearning options shouldn’t be the reason parents choose not to work. ffyf.org/our-child-care…

.@SharonHeraldPa Editorial: “The child care issue ripples into other industries… that are swimming against the tide of a workforce shortage, with many parents choosing to stay home with their kids... rather than work and spend every penny on #childcare.” sharonherald.com/opinion/editor…

“If I had to sustain this, I couldn’t. I don’t know what I would do.” 62% of families reported having more concern about the cost of #childcare now than they did before the pandemic. forbes.com/advisor/person…

TONIGHT: PBS PBS News reports on America's broken child care system, communities on the front lines and political momentum for major reform. Watch: 💻 Online at 6 p.m. ET: pbs.org/newshour 📺 On your PBS station 📱 More: to.pbs.org/3jX83y9 #SolveChildCare

TODAY: Join us for a Day of Action to #SolveChildCare. Call, email, and tweet your lawmakers to let them know you want Congress to pass a significant, sustained investment in #childcare & #preschool. Click here ➡️ fyff.quorum.us/action_center/

Decades of underfunding #ECE means children don't get what they need, families pay more for #childcare than for housing & the workforce is paid so little that half need public assistance to make ends meet. Relief is helping. Now it's time for Congress to #SolveChildCare for good.

TODAY: Join us for a Day of Action to #SolveChildCare. Make sure your lawmakers know you want to see a significant, sustained investment in #childcare & #preschool in the upcoming reconciliation package. TAKE ACTION: fyff.quorum.us/action_center/

From workforce push-out to negative affects on retirement savings, women are disproportionately impacted by the #ChildCare crisis. This op-ed from Rep. Lois Frankel makes the case for congressionally funded child care. #Movement4ChildCare thehill.com/blogs/congress…

The systemic challenges that have plagued the #childcare market for decades are now coming to a head, according to data from a new NAEYC survey of over 7,500 early educators nationwide. ffyf.org/after-decades-…

Staffing shortages are preventing #childcare facilities from opening at full capacity. Without permanent solutions, providers will not be able to continue serving the communities that need them. moms.com/child-care-cen…

A serious lack of access to #childcare is impeding economic growth in #NewHampshire — particularly for working women with young children. Sen. Maggie Hassan Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

Seems reasonable.

FFYF honors the memory of those lost on #September11 and we celebrate the heroes who raced into danger to save lives, including the teachers at the Children’s Discovery Center at 5 World Trade Center — barely 100 yards from the twin towers. ffyf.org/911-twenty-yea…