Kids Count On Us
@KCOU_MN
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A coalition of MN community-based childcare providers, teachers & parents who believe that all children deserve high-quality care & workers deserve living wages
St. Paul, MN
Joined September 2021
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Kids Count on Us leaders led in a big way last night at the Maple Grove Creative Kids Academy! Look at that crowd of childcare providers, teachers, parents, and @KRobbinsMN gathering to organize around childcare funding. #FundChildCare.
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Today, Kids Count on Us leaders delivered a letter to Mayor Jacob Frey urging him to support the Labor Standards Board resolution passed by the Minneapolis City Council last week!. Leaders out there leading, holding a really awesome sign!.#lsbforward #LSBNow
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RT @CTUL_TC: 🚨Happening now🚨.Community members, workers, and allies take to the Mayor’s office in support of #LaborStandardsBoard .#noveto….
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Kids Count on Us leaders just out there leading - they came together this weekend to learn how to lead even more powerfully! Watch out world, and particularly the Minnesota legislature, they are ready!. #FundChildCare
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Apologies for the late notice/reminder! Come debrief the election with us tonight at 7 on Zoom!!.
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Learn more about the Labor Standards Board in Minneapolis: Childcare providers, teachers, and parents are READY to see this in action. They want to be first in line for their own sectoral board. #lsbforward #lsbnow.
mprnews.org
The Minneapolis City Council has shared its plan for a labor standards board — an advisory committee that would make recommendations to the council for labor policies. Proponents say it’s a helpful...
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Excited to hold a press conference at Perfect Balance Child Care in Minneapolis in support of a Labor Standards Board. Special thanks to Fahad Mahdi for hosting and speaking, and to teacher Kenya Hodges for sharing her story!. #LSBNow #LSBForward @seiumn @CTUL_TC
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We are happy to stand with our partners in working towards a Labor Standards Board in Minneapolis. We need the voices of families and other community members INCLUDED with the voices of employees and employers, not just 50/50!. @seiumn @CTUL_TC .
startribune.com
The long-awaited ordinance proposes an advisory body to inform new business regulations in Minneapolis to bring employers and workers to the same table.
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Fahad Mahdi, the owner of Perfect Balance Child Care and member of Kids Count on Us said:. ". It would give those who own and run childcare centers, the workers who work there, and community stakeholders a space to discuss solutions that work for everyone.". #lsbnow #lsbforward
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A ray of light in a sea of depressing headlines. This is what happens when we #FundChildCare!. New Mexico's free child care program is bringing relief that millions of U.S. families need via @nbcnews.
nbcnews.com
A ballot measure enacted with broad bipartisan support two years ago tapped a unique funding source — but shows how states can transform households’ finances when they get creative.
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'Child care is the 10th lowest-paid occupation out of roughly 750 occupations in the economy, per one industry analysis.".Minnesota is mentioned in the article as PROOF that we can change this. #FundChildCare.
vox.com
Day care workers earn less than dog walkers. States are finally realizing that’s got to change.
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"How do we keep centers? How do we get new centers open?. How do we make it profitable so they stay open?. because we're all almost invariably two-income families. we've got to do a lot more and I'm willing to work on those things." -@munger4mn
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"There's things we can do to make sure you get the money sooner." @natalieforhouse on how to make the systems we have in place work better for community childcare centers and family providers.
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"I am looking to give businesses incentives to do tax credits, to look at partnerships with chambers, cities, and counties, not working in silos." - @natalieforhouse on how to make MN the best state for families and kids.
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"Until the perspective changes of what we really do and what value we bring to society, I don't think any of this is going to change." Family provider Paulina Zifko.
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