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“Time’s Up”: The Child Care Movement Fights Back in Wisconsin

July 28, 2025

By Val Weisler

In the quiet village of New Glarus, Wisconsin, child care provider Corinne Hendrickson has become one of the state’s most outspoken advocates for early childhood education. After nearly two decades…

What a Day Without Child Care Looks Like in Minnesota

May 28, 2025

By Val Weisler

Why providers and parents joined together to call for investment into our flailing childcare system.

These Providers and Parents Are Making 2024 the Child Care Election

October 22, 2024

By Domenica Ghanem

On October 23, early childhood educators and parents are hosting events across the country to get out the vote for child care. They tell us why they’re taking action.

As a Grandparent, Vance’s Weird and Irresponsible Child Care Proposal is Insulting

October 1, 2024

By Arlene Holt Baker

Parents need reliable, affordable childcare solutions, and providers need thriving wages, health care, and retirement—the same benefits their care allows other parents to pursue.

Childcare Workers, Parents, and Communities Can Come Together as an Unstoppable Force for a Better Future

September 5, 2024

By Katerina Klawes

Lack of sufficient childcare isn’t just a family issue — it’s an economic one that the rest of the community should care about, too.

RECAP: Community Change Childcare Changemakers Meet with White House to Discuss Current State of Child Care

June 20, 2024

By Tyler Azure

Leer en español “It takes a village and our economy runs on child care,” BriTanya Brown, a childcare business owner in rural west Texas and Childcare Changemaker, shared at a…

Vibes with Ben: What the Data Says About Childcare Voters

May 30, 2024

By Benjamin Oh

We’ve all depended on childcare at least once in our lives, from parents to family members to childcare centers and beyond. Yet, despite our common thread, the childcare industry often…

Affordable Child Care Helped My Family Out of Deep Poverty

May 10, 2024

By Pamela M. Covington

Nowadays, care is unaffordable for most families in the United States. Organizers of Day Without Child Care are looking to change that.

And How Are the Children Episode 2: Why Child Care Matters For All of Us

May 8, 2024

By Omar Marquez

Host and public school educator Omar Marquez digs into urgent childcare stories with business owners, educators, and parents as they prepare for a national day of action, Community Change Action’s Day Without Child Care, on May 13, 2024.

Community Change and Partners Take Over D.C. to Spotlight Childcare Workers

April 19, 2024

By Domenica Ghanem

Community Change joined the Care Can’t Wait coalition to celebrate Care Worker Recognition Month — and to call for more federal investments to address our childcare crisis.

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