When Childcare Workers are Underpaid, We All Suffer
The turnover rate for childcare workers can affect children’s development. Their favorite teachers deserve better pay and healthcare benefits.
Category: child care
A New Mexico Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot Would Be the First to Dedicate Funding for Early Education
Former childcare provider Melissa Martinez is knocking on doors with OLÉ to get out the vote on this transformational initiative.
How One Childcare Worker Took ARPA Funds Into Her Own Hands to Win Grants for Home-Based Providers
In Concord, California, a plan to distribute grants to small businesses impacted by the pandemic didn’t apply to home-based businesses. So childcare providers and parents lobbied for an exception.
With Corporations and the GOP Putting Profits Over Our Babies, I’m Panicked over the Formula Shortage
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’
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
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
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.
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
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
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.