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.
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.
This Year’s Back to School Blues are Lingering Without the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Our government has the funds we need to let millions of parents breathe easier.
Democrats Should Be Campaigning on a Permanent Expanded Child Tax Credit
The 2021 credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan cut poverty for millions, according to a recent Census Bureau report. Unsurprisingly — it’s overwhelmingly popular with voters.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day I’m Advocating for Living Wages for Child Care Providers
I owe my son’s teachers so much: My peace of mind, my ability to work, my son’s happiness. I’m sure other parents feel the same way.
Changemakers From Across the Country Meet To Discuss Strategy for Winning Child Care For All
Child care providers and parents deserve dignity and recognition for the labor that they do every day to support not just our families, but the broader community.
WATCH: Three Generations Talk Through the Struggles of Navigating Child Care
Ayanna Albertson gathered with her grandmother, mother and sister to make space for the different decisions they faced when providing care for their children.
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.