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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…

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.

El amor allana el camino hacia un cuidado infantil culturalmente competente en el condado de La Plata, Colorado

February 14, 2024

By Michelle Lasley

Es hora de que todos manifestemos amor total para apoyar a los miembros más jóvenes de nuestra comunidad y a sus familias.

Radical Love Paves the Way to Culturally Competent Child Care in La Plata County, Colorado 

February 14, 2024

By Michelle Lasley

It is time for all communities to show up with radical love to support our youngest community members and their families.

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