A @KindlingGroup & @SiskelJacobs doc film, impact campaign + online community addressing America's early learning crisis. Now available to rent or own!
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Millions of American children are not getting the care they need to succeed — or even keep up. See why it’s @NoSmallMatter. Now available to rent or own: nosmallmatter.com/buy #NoSmallMatter xitter.cf/NoSmallMatter/status/1…
Happening now! Tune in for today's #FutureofWorkPBS conversation on women and work post #COVID, hosted with @IWPResearch, @equitablegrowth, @WomenEmployed & @CaraChicago: bit.ly/3aDVBxi
One athlete called @allysonfelix's #ChildCare grant program "life-changing" because she'll no longer have to choose between motherhood and her sport 👏🔥💯 fastcompany.com/90653778/the…
“Women are being presented with false choices,” said economist @eliselgould. “You can’t leave your kid home alone and go to work if you don’t have affordable #ChildCare.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
#ECE / #ChildCare pros, this attitude from outsiders is so accurate it hurts, right? 🥲 "If I can’t land an office job, at least I can always scrape by as the lone arbiter of whether another person’s child lives or dies." theonion.com/if-job-search-f…
Do you have an idea to make a difference in #ECE? @innatepromise can help you make it a reality with their fellowship program! Act fast: App closes July 29th. promisestudio.org/apply-fell…
We look forward to the day that #ChildCare subsidies (or employer-provided care!) are considered standard benefits rather than being offered as "perks" by employers desperate to drag workers back into physical offices. cnbc.com/2021/07/09/employer…
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Today, families will begin receiving #childtaxcredit payments: “It’s really giving families the help that they need in the moment to help meet some of their basic needs,” said Mario Cardona, CCAoA. by @Jonnelle for @Reuters #childcare
hubs.li/H0SmH5S0
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Today at 2pm ET—join us!
Starting tomorrow, nearly 90% of families will receive up to $300 a month per child thanks to the Child Tax Credit.
Child poverty will be cut in half. It's a big deal.
Join me, @VP, @ReverendWarnock, @SenWarren, @RevDrBarber, and more to mark the moment. p2a.co/n9crzFJ
"#ChildCare supports parents’ ability to head to a construction site or hospital, or focus at a desk, capturing the full potential of Americans to drive our economic growth," so lawmakers must value in the same way they invest in building bridges & roads. thehill.com/opinion/finance/…
This administration has talked big game so far about investing in #ChildCare — but how will they actually do it? @ChildCareAware breaks it down: info.childcareaware.org/blog…
No Small Matter retweeted
Watch This Week: PBS @NewsHour will air a 5-part series on #childcare across America starting on Monday, July 12. Watch on your local @PBS station or at hubs.li/H0R_nfG0 #ECE #buildchildcare
No Small Matter retweeted
MONDAY: @CatWisePDX reports on America's broken child care system, communities on the front lines and new political momentum for major reform in the post-COVID era.
Watch:
💻 Online at 6 p.m. ET: pbs.org/newshour
📺 On your @PBS station
📱 More: to.pbs.org/3jX83y9
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Remember when all the schools and daycares closed for like a year and the whole country was like, “Eh, we’ll just let the women deal with that”? I’m gonna be mad about that for a *while*
Tonight's plans? Watching @NewsHour's examination of America's #ChildCare crisis 👇 pbs.org/newshour/tag/raising…
“You simply can’t charge families enough money (for #ChildCare) to pay a living wage to employees. The math doesn’t work.” invw.org/2021/06/23/crisis-i…
Check out this cool interactive tool that calculates the true cost of care in your state. It's eye opening to see a dollar amount put on it 👀💲 trustforlearning.us7.list-ma…
Parenthood isn't partisan: The vast majority of parents — including Republican parents — require some type of #ChildCare outside the home at least some of the time, and for many, high-quality care is out of financial reach. politico.com/news/2021/06/17…
Even the loss of an entire school year may not be grounds for holding kids back a grade, according to some #ECE experts. hechingerreport.org/remote-l…
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Private child care owners say universal pre-K leaves many families with little choice where to send their children to preschool because cost becomes the determining factor trib.al/bIpTUKu
