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When Childcare Workers are Underpaid, We All Suffer

March 1, 2023

By Victoria Palacio Carr

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

October 19, 2022

By Bobbi Dempsey

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.

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.

Why we need the Dems to keep talking childcare

January 13, 2020

By Marisol Bello

As the Democratic party prepares to host the next Democratic debate on Jan. 14, we hope that presidential candidates will pay attention to the families and childcare workers who are…

We need Presidential candidates to detail their commitment to achieving quality, affordable and culturally relevant child care for all families

October 2, 2019

By Danielle Atkinson

Trending with the hashtag #WhatMamasWant, hundreds of mothers in Michigan organized a forum on issues that impact their lives and then gathered to watch the two-day Democratic presidential debates in…

Here’s why America is talking about Universal Child Care

February 19, 2019

By Marisol Bello

This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren unveiled her plan for Universal Child Care, signaling its place atop the national political agenda. In it, she details the difficulties of finding affordable and…

Putting Families First: The Movement for Child Care and Early Learning

October 16, 2017

By Cristina Rayas

Let’s put families first – with the voices of parents, child care givers, and organizers, we will strengthen the power of our communities, and give the most vulnerable members of our society a chance to thrive.

It Is Easier to Have a ‘Spirited’ Child When You Are a White Parent

November 10, 2015

By Stephanie Land

Originally published on The Guardian.  I have what’s known as a “spirited” child. Mia has run me ragged since she knew how to walk. She’d run across soccer fields as…

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