America for Early Ed

On #FamilyFriday, it's time to raise your voice as a parent or family member. Join educators, allies, and advocates around the country in urging Congress to #SolveChildCare. #WOYC23 votervoice.net/NAEYC/Campaig…

It's been incredible to see photos of all of the proclamations coming in from across the country! It's not too late to help get #WOYC officially recognized in your community. Submit your proclamation here so we can put it on the map! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

If you're new to #ECE advocacy, check out this resource on myths about child and advocacy (and how to bust them)! The fight for child care and early learning is a collective one - we need you too! #WorkTogetherWednesday #WOYC23 naeyc.org/sites/default/file…

On #TastyTuesday let's bring awareness to how low wages for early childhood educators can make it hard for them to put food on the table. As of Feb 2022, 1 in 3 child care providers reported experiences of hunger and 29% reported not being able to afford nutritious food. #WOYC23

America's #childcare crisis disproportionately affects women. In 2021, the number one reason women left or changed jobs was a lack of accessible and affordable child care.

There’s an inverse relationship between the cost of child care & mothers’ workforce participation. @WB_DOL data shows counties with #ChildCare prices 2x more expensive than the median price had maternal employment rates that were 4 percentage points lower dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/f…

Almost 1 in 7 child care workers live below the poverty line and only 15% have access to healthcare. Child care is essential work! Child care supports all other work, and educators need to be compensated for their complex and valuable work. #CareCantWait #SolveChildCare

Thank you @POTUS for supporting increased pay for educators! All educators, including those working with children in the early years and early grades, need higher compensation to address staffing shortages and support quality. #SOTU

@POTUS talks about #childcare and #prek, about investing in #educators. Because he knows, and we know, that when we support young children in all states and settings, we help their families, our communities, and the nation’s economy. #SOTU #StateofChildCare

"We're the only country that's emerged from every crisis stronger than we got into it" - hopefully one day we can say this about the child care crisis too! @POTUS #StateofChildCare

#SOTU is starting now!

"Our economy is our people. One does not work without the other. The #SOTU is strong, but it could be so much stronger" @JulieKashen. Think about where we could be if Congress was able to #SolveChildCare.

@JulieKashen shares her hopes for tonight's #SOTU: "I want to hear the President acknowledge that child care policy is industrial policy. That fixing our roads alone won't fix that more than half of us are living in child care deserts."

"Good child care policies are good for everyone." If Congress solves child care - we *all* stand to benefit, even those of us who are not parents or providers.

Michelle McCready, interim CEO at @ChildCareAware speaks holding her 8 month old. "Because high-quality child care is labor intensive and resource heavy, as it should be, programs operate on thin margins and child workers are paid low wages."

@AyannaPressley: "Early childhood educators are deserving of accolades. But they're deserving of much more. They deserve policies that see them and center them."

"The care economy is essential work, often rendered invisible. It is necessary, critical, dignified and must be valued." @AyannaPressley

@AyannaPressley "It unfortunately took a global pandemic for many to get the memo that early childhood educators are essential."

Child care is the key to so many social issues: "Care about infrastructure? Invest in child care. Care about the social good? Invest in child care. Care about children and families? Invest in child care." #SolveChildCare

@rosadelauro "We can do it it. We can make critical federal investments in child care. We can get it done. We can give our parents, providers and small business owners the support they need."