Under 3 DC
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Our coalition lifts the voices and power of the community to advocate for more public investment to support families with infants and toddlers.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2019
@ChmnMendelson and most of the @councilofdc understand the value of #childcare subsidies and the Pay Equity Fund for #WashingtonDC's parents with young children and early educators themselves. The fact that they have found funding to start filling in the proposed gaps proves they
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RT @DCEducare: @ChmnMendelson @councilofdc @Under3DC 🚨☎️Call your Councilmembers NOW to demand that they keep their commitment to fund the….
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RT @DCEducare: We urge @ChmnMendelson to maintain the investments the @councilofdc made in the #PayEquityFund and childcare subsidy in the….
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RT @DCEducare: 📢"If you care about DC’s growth, real growth that benefits residents and businesses, you must invest in the programs like th….
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DC loses millions of $$$ in tax revenue annually due to a lack of stable child care for families. Invest in child care to invest in #WashingtonDC! @chairmanphilmendelson Fully fund #childcare subsidies and the Pay Equity Fund in the budget!
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@chairmanphilmendelson Will you commit to fully funding child care subsidies and the Pay Equity Fund in the FY26 budget so #WashingtonDC doesn’t lose out? Invest in #childcare to invest in DC!
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RT @AnneTheAnalyst: Early childhood educators in DC are predominantly Black and brown women, but you continuously eliminate funding for the….
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Op-ed: When disaster strikes, #childcare holds the line | EdSource
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Although child care providers always step up when they're needed, the lack of decent pay and other infrastructure leaves the industry on life support and parents at their wits' end.
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At today's @councilofdc FY26 budget hearing, Under 3 DC's Martine Gordon connected the dots between all the child and family health and education programs facing cuts and stressed the importance of addressing these needs to ensure #WashingtonDC families with young children can
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RT @NatlHeadStart: 💗 72% of voters agree: Early learning is a smart use of tax dollars. ✅ Head Start delivers — boosting school readiness,….
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Full funding of Head Start is about strengthening our nation’s social and economic fabric, says this letter to the editor.
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Despite Mayor Bowser’s promise to maintain early education funding, her proposed budget falls short. Child Care Subsidies won’t meet current family needs and the Pay Equity Fund is set to be eliminated entirely next year. This is unacceptable. Affordable, high-quality child care
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RT @DCEducare: Teachers like Artia deserve fair pay beyond FY26. "As a single mother supporting a son in college, caring for an elderly par….
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Dr. Amber Shelton warns that slashing pediatric resources risks harming #WashingtonDC kids’ growth. @healthystepsztt offers vital support in child development, like boosting vocabulary and social skills—proof that continued investment is essential. @_DCHealth @CMCHenderson
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Early educators care for #WashingtonDC’s future, our youth, but many can’t afford to care for their own health. Without full funding for the #PayEquityFund, early educators could lose health coverage, parents could lose work, & children could lose care. @councilofdc
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Affordable health care keeps early educators healthy, stable, and able to care for #WashingtonDC children. The HealthCare4ChildCare program works, but only if the #payequityfund is fully funded. @councilofdc @ChmnMendelson @chenderson Fund HealthCare4ChildCare in the FY26 budget
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"How can teachers like me plan for the future if our salaries are only guaranteed for one more year? How can we continue to build our careers in early education if we constantly have to worry about whether our pay will be cut?" . Stephanie Reese, an @DCEducare teacher, echoes the
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RT @audreykasselman: A year later, we’re back fighting to protect the widely successful Pay Equity Fund. DC’s early educators and young chi….
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Flat funding for the #PayEquityFund will cause a cut to wages, displacing early education programs currently in the PEF program, and denying entry to the program for as many as 100 child development homes, meaning denying urgently needed fair wages to #WashingtonDC residents &
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