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With Corporations and the GOP Putting Profits Over Our Babies, I’m Panicked over the Formula Shortage

May 26, 2022

By Topacio Marrero

My third baby is due in less than a week. I’m scared and asking legislators to put families first.

As a Working Mom, I Fully Support ‘A Day Without Child Care’

May 9, 2022

By Topacio Marrero

Working from home while balancing child care is hard work. That’s why this action for affordable care and better wages for providers is so important.

I’m All In for A Day Without Child Care Because I Hope to Leave My Care Business to My Daughters One Day

May 6, 2022

By Shineal Hunter

Shineal Hunter, a child care provider from Philadelphia, talks about why she’s shutting down for a day of action on May 9.

Why I’m Striking for Child Care

May 5, 2022

By Maris Medina and Janna Rodriguez

Janna tells ChangeWire why she is taking the necessary risks to win long term changes to our childcare infrastructure.

Our Childcare Workers Are Going Hungry. I Was One of Them.

February 14, 2022

By BriTanya Bays

We’ve established many times over that our child care workers are the engines that support a healthy economy. Yet, we’re not willing to pay them a living wage.

What Build Back Better Would Mean for Childcare in Rural America 

November 11, 2021

By BriTanya Bays

Even before the pandemic, about 60% of families in rural areas lived in a child care desert, so this isn’t a new problem. But COVID-19 made it much worse.

These Florida Mothers Show Why We Need All of the Family Care Policies in Build Back Better

October 29, 2021

By Topacio Marrero

It’s a lose-lose situation for parents and caregivers. Providers are chronically underpaid and parents are left with little options that don’t threaten their family’s financial stability.

Give California children their voter approved money now

March 16, 2021

By Sharisse Tracey

A whole year later and California kids are still in need, and with the pandemic even more so. While the country eagerly awaits their minimum $1400 to hit their bank…

Biden: Fulfill Your Promise on Child Care

December 14, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

As the mother of four, currently with two school-aged children attending public school remotely, I can’t help but reflect on a time when I was completely reliant on child care…

This year, be a child care voter, our future depends on it

October 31, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

With all the political rhetoric taking place in this 2020 election cycle, the issue of child care has become front and center for people of all backgrounds, including those without…

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