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While this article focuses on NYC, there are currently 21 counties across NY that have waitlists. Children and families and the providers who educate and care for them deserve more stability than this.

Vermont has made great strides in compensating the child care work force and making child care more affordable for families. There's a lot we in New York can learn from them.

Child care workers deserve wages that allow them to care for their own families, too. 🎥 Watch the video: ✍️ Share the video and sign the petition: #ChildCareWorkforceThriveNY #ThriveTogether

Child care workers deserve wages that allow them to care for their own families, too. Not sure how to help? That's okay—we've got you. Find your advocacy style & take action in ways that align with you:

You've watched our Child Care Workforce Video - now what?. Visit our website to learn more about how YOU can take action!. Take the quiz, share our message, and sign the petition using the link below.

We are so proud to launch our latest video that highlights the incredible contributions of New York State's early childhood educators and the need for just compensation. Check it out and join us in the fight for universal child care.

Families and child care providers deserve a child care system with stability. This is a problem that the state must address immediately.

We've got a new podcast episode! Take a listen to our discussion about the challenges of child care during the summer months.

Check out our latest podcast episode where we discuss the impacts of Medicaid cuts to New Yorkers, with @MedicaidMtrsNY.

Today is the 60th anniversary of Medicaid. About 25% of the child care workforce nationwide receive healthcare from Medicaid. ESCCC stands with Medicaid and all who benefit from it.

“Care is, in fact, just as important to our social infrastructure as having a public education system, having public libraries, having public parks.”. Well said, @ehaspel!.

Members of our campaign's steering committee came together yesterday from across the state to plan our work on how to make child care for every family and a thriving wage for early childhood educators a reality in NY. We're not giving up until it's done.

We can't have a serious conversation about affordability without tackling the cost of child care. The cost for families, the low pay for the child care workforce, the waitlists and child care deserts. It can be solved with universal child care.

“Anti-immigrant policy can and will weaken our entire caregiving infrastructure,” said Karla Coleman-Castillo, senior policy analyst at the National Women’s Law Center.

States are finding ways to fund child care. This is great and informative piece from @ehaspel.

Joining our friends at @PowherNY in acknowledging Black Women's Equal Pay Day. The child care workforce is majority Black and brown women, and we won't stop fighting for the pay equity they deserve.

ESCCC Steering Committee member Janna wrote a letter to the editor about the harmful effects of Medicaid cuts to the child care profession.

As an organization that focuses on building a child care system that serves every NYer, the Empire State Campaign for Child Care stands in strong opposition to this legislation, which will make it more difficult for children and families across the nation to access basic needs.