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We are grateful to see
@ChmnMendelson
and
@councilofdc
reverse
@MayorBowser
's elimination of the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund by restoring $70 million to the program for the 2025 fiscal year. 1/4
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It's official! The DC Council just voted on emergency legislation that would provide early educators with pay supplements that are a step on the road to fair compensation for the early learning community!
#SolveChildCare
#BuildBackBetter
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🚨BREAKING: DC early educators working in-person for licensed providers can book an appt for the
#CovidVaccine
beginning Monday, Feb 1 at noon!
#ChildCareIsEssential
With
@_DCHealth
and
@OSSEDC
, we're announcing that beginning Monday, February 1 at noon, individuals who work in-person for a licensed child care provider or independent school located in the District will be eligible to book a vaccination appointment with One Medical.
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‘This is pay you have EARNED! You have worked hard, you have given everything to DC’s kids, and no politician can take away what you deserve’
That’s why our community is out to fight shameful budget cuts. THE PEOPLE, UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!
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The first graduates of the
@udc_edu
bilingual associate of arts degree in education cheered at an event Saturday.
#washingtondc
#childcare
@TaraBahrampour
#Under3DC
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Thank you to our
#childcare
champions for voting in favor of our early childhood educators' pay + benefits. Your support for a
#justrecoveryDC
reiterates that
#ChildCareIsEssential
! We appreciate your dedication to DC's youngest and hope this momentum continues on Aug. 3!
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During an already difficult work shortage, it's critical that fair compensation becomes a priority. The strong, equitable, high-quality early learning system our littlest Washingtonians deserve can’t exist without a healthy, well-supported workforce.
#ChildCareIsEssential
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Just as she did with her
@dclinenews
op-ed,
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
continues to voice her full support for the Pay Equity Fund, stating that the
@councilofdc
must keep its promise to
#childcare
teachers and
#washingtondc
families.
#Under3DC
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‘Early education is a job we do from the heart, not for our pockets. And we have been patient with our pay but if our pay is cut, we won’t be patient anymore and DC’s classrooms will be empty.’
@MayorBowser
@councilofdc
& DC CFO you’re on notice to restore the Pay Equity Fund!
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NEW BLOG by
@im3nb
.
#DC
will take another significant step in advancing equitable compensation for
#childcare
workers in January 2023 w/ free health insurance for
#earlychildhood
educators and other staff.
#under3dc
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Thank you Elizabeth Falcon of
@DCJWJ
for your informed testimony today about excluded workers and the informal economy: This is a rainy day, we must invest to keep our economy afloat.
#JustRecoveryDC
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“It’s time for the wealthy to pay their fair share…
#WashingtonDC
should be taxing capital gains… and multi-million $ homes… now THAT would be fair.” -Anne Gunderson, Policy Analyst,
@DCFPI
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At a
@CommuniKidsPS
event today,
@CMFrumin
committed “110%” to trying to reverse all cuts to early childhood education. We are counting on you, Councilmember, to
#ProtectPEF
in
#WashingtonDC
!
👏💪👏
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We joined the
@nwlc
,
@Liifund
and more than 50 other local + national advocacy groups for the
@MomsRising
#CareCantWait
rally to strongly support the human infrastructure plan currently under debate in Congress.
Read about it in our latest blog:
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BREAKING: A new $5M
#DC
#ChildCare
Provider Relief Fund will provide ALL licensed
#District
#childcare
providers with emergency operational funding during the
#COVID19
emergency + recovery period. Outreach to providers begins this week.
#ChildCareIsEssential
#Under3DC
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Thank you
@charlesallen
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
@BrianneKNadeau
@CMRobertWhiteDC
@VinceGrayWard7
@CMCHenderson
@tweetelissa
@trayonwhite
for standing up for child care educators and a
#JustRecoveryDC
. Your advocacy and work for early educators is appreciated!
#Under3DC
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Thank you
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
@CMZParker5
@CMRobertWhiteDC
@CMFrumin
@BrianneKNadeau
@CMCHenderson
@CMCharlesAllen
@CM_McDuffie
@CMBrookePinto
for taking time today to meet w/
#childcare
teachers or make staffers available to hear how vital the Pay Equity Fund is to them.
#Under3DC
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DC Council: Reverse cuts to childcare!
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.
@MayorBowser
's proposed FY25 budget decimates the
#childcare
sector with massive, multi-year cuts to subsidies for families, and permanently eliminates the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and HealthCare4ChildCare. Read our statement:
#Under3DC
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Today, the DC Council voted to boost the pay of early childhood educators in the District of Columbia!
¡Hoy el consejo de DC votó para aumentar los salarios de maestros de educación temprana en el Distrito de Columbia!
Read our statement:
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The 1st question for
@MayorBowser
’s Budget Engagement Forum is whether to prioritize early childhood education quality OR affordability, but we know they’re tied together- we need $40mil to raise salaries of childcare providers so every child receives quality care
#under3DC
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After doing weeks of online research on our
@councilofdc
it was a great opportunity for our Interns to finally meet one of our Champions in person
@CMRobertWhiteDC
THEY WERE SO EXCITED!
#TeacherVoiceFestival
#EmpowerED
#EarlyChildCare
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Tax Justice = Racial Justice. For an equitable recovery
@MayorBowser
must raise revenue and fully fund the needs of Black & Latinx families hit hardest by COVID. This includes $60M for
#childcare
#JustRecoveryDC
#FairShot
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Today
#Under3DC
's Organizing Director
@KTravisBallie
is participating in a
@SPACEsInAction
led multi-stop, city-wide tour to call on
@councilofdc
to invest in
#HomeVisiting
and the
#PayEquityFund
.
#DontCutOurCare
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Pay equity isn’t the only thing on the dais today
@CouncilofDC
. Insufficient language access is too. Roughly half of today's hearing attendees are Spanish-speaking and language accommodations are nonexistent. Language access in
#childcare
is critical for racial justice.
#Under3DC
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DC made a promise to early educators when it implemented the Pay Equity Fund. Breaking that promise would have devastating effects. Hear it from early education center director Charlene Roach-Glymph.
#ProtectPEF
#WashingtonDC
@DMEforDC
@OSSEDC
@MayorBowser
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Fernanda Ruiz of
@MarysCenter
: Home visitors become essential lifelines with
#COVID19
. They're trained to support families facing a wide range of obstacles and threats. This skillset makes them well-positioned to support families in these extraordinarily tough times.
#HV4DC
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All of the groups
@MayorBowser
and
@DrLNesbitt
are prioritizing to receive the
#COVIDVaccination
depend on
#childcare
to work. Educators are educators, and ALL of them deserve access. Sign the petition
#SaveDCChildCare
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💥RALLY ALERT💥 It's up to us to keep pressure on
@councilofdc
if we are going to win the fight to save
#childcare
. Take action again and join
#Under3DC
THIS FRIDAY at 8:00 am and remind them to reverse the budget cuts. RSVP
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Our ED
@KimPerry_DC
leading the charge of DC Child Care Providers of why we need to tell
@ChmnMendelson
and
@councilofdc
we need CHILD CARE STABILIZATION BY FUNDING IT FULLY!! $20 Million NOW!
#Under3DC
#ChildCareIsEssential
@dcelccollab
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In her fight for
#DC
's youngest children & their families, early education legend Sia Barbara Ferguson Kamara has served 4 mayors & moved DC’s standing in early childhood education to
#1
.
Learn about Sia Barbara's work here:
#WomensHistoryMonth
#Under3DC
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Early educators in DC don’t earn enough to live comfortably and families who rely on care are faced with costs that are increasingly out of reach.
Read more from in the latest op-ed from our Executive Director
@KimPerry_DC
and Erica Williams of
@DCFPI
:
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TY
@councilofdc
&
@CM_McDuffie
for connecting the dots and making it unanimous! Child care centers are now in the Business Support Grants Emergency Amendment Act of 2020.
#Under3DC
agrees that
#ChildCareisEssential
to getting parents and the economy back to work and SO MUCH MORE.
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Thank you Angelique for doing us all so proud today at the
#SaveChildCare
rally and making the case that
#ChildCareisEssential
.
#Under3DC
@MomsRising
@nwlc
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For
#JustRecoveryDC
@MayorBowser
needs to listen to early educators & make sure they have $60M funding increase to keep providing
#ChildCareIsEssential
early learning. DC's youngest MUST be a priority in the upcoming budget!
#DCValues
#DCHope
#Under3DC
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Make today matter. Call
@ChmnMendelson
at 202-724-7002 and tell him not to count child care out in Tues's vote on
@councilofdc
FY21 budget. If our child care providers can't open/stay open, neither can DC economy. Reverse the cc subsidy cuts.
#ChildCareisEssential
#SaveChildCare
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#Under3DC
member Cynthia Davis, leads the DC Family Child Care Association in our fight towards child care affordability and the implementation of the District’s
#PayEquityFund
. Cynthia is a true voice as an impacted provider and advocate.
Childcare providers like Cynthia Davis were able to pay themselves consistent salaries for the first time with ARPA funding. Now they're at risk of closing down. We need emergency funding now!
#savechildcare
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#Under3DC
appreciates
@ChmnMendelson
for restoring $70M per year for the Pay Equity Fund, but
@OSSEDC
says it currently costs $87M. To prevent cuts in salary and benefits for
#childcare
teachers, the
@councilofdc
must allocate at least that amount to the final FY25 budget.
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#ChildCareisEssential
for a
#justrecoverydc
. Educators + parents from across the city will be calling on
@councilofdc
and
@ChmnMendelson
today in their own words to
#SaveDCChildCare
by voting tmrw to secure $5+Mill to fund it.
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Parents deserve support. Early childhood educators deserve support. Child care providers deserve support. DC Council, invest $60M in
#childcare
.
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We know the
@NAEYC
conference starts tomorrow, but
#Under3DC
's
#earlychildhood
expert
@im3nb
discussed increasing
#equity
within compensation policy today at
#AllianceCONNECT22
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DC's
#earlyeducation
sector has come a long way in the past 25 years, much of this improvement due to one of the city’s many trailblazers
@bbotero
.
Read more about
@bbotero
's work here:
#ChildCareIsEssential
#WomensHistoryMonth
#Under3DC
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Investing in
#earlychildhood
education isn't just the right thing to do—it’s the smart thing to do. It’s good for
#WashingtonDC
families, businesses, and communities.
#Under3DC
#BeDowntown
Read:
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Did you know that 51 families with infants and toddlers are in
#WashingtonDC
today, talking with their Members of Congress about the policies that babies need to thrive? Proud to support
#StrollingThunder
. Help us tell Congress to
#ThinkBabies
!
#Under3DC
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Calling
#WashingtonDC
residents,
#childcare
workers, and orgs in Wards 3 and 5! Join us for a virtual Town Hall w/ the incoming
@councilofdc
members representing your ward. We will discuss all things
#earlychildhood
education! Register here:
#Under3DC
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Child care teachers have long been among the nation’s lowest-paid. But a change is happening in
#washingtondc
. Read
@caseyparks
Wash Post piece and learn why
#earlychildhood
educators said the money couldn’t come fast enough.
#Under3DC
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Kathy Hollowell-Makle of
@DCAEYC
today sharing why DC can’t have economic recovery without child care investments ($10M+) at the
@councilofdc
budget oversight hearing.
#ChildCareisEssential
#JustRecoveryDC
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20+
#Washington
child care facilities are participating in a day of action to send a clear message to
@councilofdc
: “Restore full funding to the Pay Equity Fund and reverse other
#childcare
cuts!” Read the
#Under3DC
press release
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Parents and community advocates urging Mayor Bowser to have a budget that reflects the bold changes needed to end generations of racial and social economic inequality: Fund quality child care, fairly compensate
#childcare
educators
#fairshot
#under3DC
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We, the undersigned members of the
#Under3DC
coalition, have written a letter to
@MayorBowser
urging her to deepen public investments in DC’s early childhood system in the upcoming FY23 budget and in the FY22 supplemental budget.
#solvechildcare
Read:
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Child care is simply unaffordable for District families.
@MayorBowser
's threat to balance the budget on the backs of Black & brown women by slashing the Pay Equity Fund would mean pay cuts for educators, higher costs for families, & damage to our economic recovery.
#protectPEF
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THANK YOU to everyone who worked to make this unprecedented victory for infants and toddlers, their families, and their educators possible. Every single call, email, testimony, meeting, and action YOU took made this possible. There is truly power in your voices united.
#Under3DC
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At yesterday’s marathon education budget hearing, Family
#ChildCare
Assoc President Cynthia Davis asked, “Have we not sacrificed and given enough to the children, families, community and government?”
#Under3DC
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#Under3DC
Action Alert: Tues is
@councilofdc
‘s first vote on FY21 budget and child care providers are being left behind. Tell
@ChmnMendelson
today to fix this. DC children and families need us to act right now.
#SaveChildCare
#JustRecoveryDC
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NEW:
@OSSEDC
has announced that they will increase
#DC
#childcare
subsidy payments b/w 12/20-3/21 for all participating programs. Read the thread w/ more news from
@im3nb
#Under3DC
OSSE just announced details on its emergency rate: OSSE will increase child care subsidy payments from December 2020 to March 2021 by 32% for all participating programs.
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Just in
@TazraMitchell
of
@dcfpi
tells
@councilofdc
: DC voters support raising local taxes on the District’s wealthiest residents to help meet new budget challenges and better afford vital public services like housing & child care.
#JustRecoveryDC
#ChildCareisEssential
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THREAD: This news is unacceptable.
#ChildCareIsEssential
DC pushed child care programs to reopen in November - and the majority did. Early educators have been putting their lives at risk and enduring severe loss of revenue to serve infants and toddlers. This is unacceptable.
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Home visitors provide tools for building safe, stable families in pregnancy, early childhood, and beyond. In the wake of the pandemic, HVs are critical to supporting families.
@VinceGrayWard7
, DC's successful HV programs deserve adequate funding in the FY22 budget.
#HV4DC
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Landed at our last stop on the Child CARE-A-VAN! Thank you
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
for your continued efforts to support early childhood education! Let's continue to uplift early education with a $60M investment in child care and raising taxes for DC's highest earners.
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.
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
, one full-time HealthySteps early childhood specialist can provide screenings for up to 2,000 children annually. Let's support DC families by adding add'l 💵 to family health support programs.
#Under3DC
#solvechildcare
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.
@MayorBowser
can build the District back better by investing $60M recurring to
#SaveDCChildCare
. Funds can meet high cost of pandemic care + raise pay for early educators on ongoing basis!
#FairShot
#DCValues
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Early educators and advocates showed up at the Wilson Building today with a strong message for
#WashingtonDC
policymakers to protect the Pay Equity Fund for
#childcare
teachers.
#Under3DC
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@MayorBowser
announced that beginning at noon TODAY, Monday, Feb 1,
#DC
#childcare
educators who work in person for licensed providers are eligible to book vaccination appointments.
#ChildCareIsEssential
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It's time to tell
@MayorBowser
to make
#DC
's children
& families a priority in the
#FY22
budget.
Join us as we share our vision for building a stronger District at
@MayorBowser
's Budget Engagement Forums on Feb. 18 at 6PM & Feb 20 at 11AM.
RSVP:
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Patricia, one of our fantastic child care providers attending tonight’s budget forum, shares:
#under3DC
#FairShot
@MayorBowser
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BREAKING: In her fiscal year 2024 budget presentation today,
@MayorBowser
proposed raising the
#childcare
subsidy cap from $75k to $90k for a
#washingtondc
family of 4 with one child.
#Under3DC
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“We can’t give up this fight… Y’all remember when
@MayorBowser
once said we were EEEESSENTIALLLL” - Ms. Bridget Hall, Owner & Director of Big Mama’s Children’s Center
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Today, the DC Council approved the 2022 fiscal year budget to include local funding to increase compensation for early educators. This vote reflects the vital work they do, and their essential roles in the lives of young children and families.
Read more:
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This year, early learning educators will receive more pay for their work. Tomorrow, join us and many others for a panel with the advocates who helped to make this happen.
📅: Feb. 16th @ 6:30 pm
RSVP:
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Today was amazing
@councilofdc
gave 13 yeses to include child care centers in Business Support Grants Emergency Amendment 13, again Thanks
@councilofdc
and
@CM_McDuffie
👏🏾
#Under3DC
#ChildCareIsEssential
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When COVID-19 hit, the work of being a child-care teacher—already challenging and low paying—became even more demanding, dangerous, and emotionally challenging.
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#Under3DC
coalition’s Joanna Blotner of
@jufj
testimony: If breadwinning mothers do not have safe, convenient, reliable child care available to them, they will not be able to get back to work.
@councilofdc
#ChildCareisEssential
for a
#JustRecoveryDC
from this crisis.
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Many of the DC's early childhood educators ― who are predominantly women of color ― don’t earn sufficient wages and benefits to support their own families while they care for and educate the children of other families.
Read more about their experiences:
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From Ronald Jarrett's testimony: "Early childhood educators play as important a role in the development of our children as PK-12 and post-secondary educators. Early childhood educators are the ones working with our children during the most critical time in human development."
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Thank you,
@Janeese4DC
.
Childcare workers are essential.
Most have low wages, no union and are women of color – and have already been working in person for months.
My colleagues and I wrote to Dr. Nesbitt asking DC to honor its plan to vaccinate childcare staff alongside teachers and first responders.
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In stating his support for the
@CouncilofDC
"finding" the money to restore the Pay Equity Fund fully,
@CMCharlesAllen
makes the critical connection between
#childcare
and working
#WashingtonDC
families.
#Under3DC
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TY
@NWLC
@MomsRising
for bringing together an AMAZING slate of voices to rally to
#SaveChildCare
. Our
#Under3DC
coalition is proud to partner with you in the
#Movement4ChildCare
to make sure
#ChildCareisEssential
in Federal funding priorities.
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Thank you to all those who helped make the
#PaidFamily4DC
dream a reality. New benefits start July 1. Now no DC worker will have to choose b/w their job and their health.
@DOES_DC
@tweetelissa
@cmdgrosso
#Under3DC
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What fantastic news on a Monday! Congratulations, Councilmember
@BrianneKNadeau
, and family on the birth of baby Madeline Eliza!
#Under3DC
Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, husband Jayson, and big sister Zoe are pleased to welcome baby Madeline Eliza. Baby and mom and doing well.
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And the momentum continues! After joining us at our rally for educators,
@CMCHenderson
is on Kojo supporting the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund! 💜
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“I wish that this program could be extended to the entire city” Zulma shares how impactful home visiting has been for her as a parent.
@CMLewisGeorgeW4
, keep HV programs funded
#HV4DC
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Time is running out. The important
@councilofdc
2nd vote on the FY21 budget is next week. Child care is central to our ability to get parents and the economy back to work. Tell DC more $$ is needed to stabilize child care.
#NoChildCareNoRecovery
#ChildCareisEssential
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HealthCare4ChildCare offers FREE or low-cost health insurance benefits for all DC childcare employees and their families. Click the image below to view more details!
@DCHealthLink
@WeAreDCAction
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ED Kathy Hollowell-Makle of
@DCAEYC
connects the dots for
@councilofdc
between much needed $10M+ emergency funding for child care businesses and getting the economy and parents back to work.
#ChildCareisEssential
#JustRecoveryDC
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#Childcare
teachers and advocates line a Wilson Building hallway this morning before visiting lawmakers' offices to push for the protection of the
#WashingtonDC
Pay Equity Fund.
#Under3DC
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It was great meeting up with
#ChildCare
champion
@VinceGrayWard7
! Thank you for speaking with early educators and advocates today. We are grateful for the work you've done through the years to ensure DC's youngest and their families have high quality, affordable
#childcare
.
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Special thanks to Councilmembers
@BrianneKNadeau
and
@charlesallen
and
@ChmnMendelson
for attending our virtual townhall tonight. Your responses and commentary were helpful and we look foward to continuing the work with you all to fully fund
#BirthToThree
law &
#SaveDCChildCare
.
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Thank you
@TazraMitchell
for making the case for $10M+ in child care investments and sharing
@DCFPI
's budget analysis with
@councilofdc
for how to fund it.
#JustRecoveryDC
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According to today's announcement from
#DC
Health Chief
@DrLNesbitt
,
#childcare
providers will be in the second group to get the
#CovidVaccine
The doctor called Group B - essential.
D.C. officials say they need far more initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine than federal health officials are planning to provide. Here’s what’s planned and who will be first in line
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.
@MayorBowser
you can ensure DC’s youngest children have brighter futures beyond the pandemic by increasing spending on child care subsidy, Healthy Futures & Healthy Steps programs.
#DCHope
#FairShot
#JustRecoveryDC
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