I just wrote a letter: Thank the Councilmembers Who Voted to Save I-82!. Write one here:

Quality child care is essential for children and for parents striving to balance work and family. @eleanornorton protect the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) in the final tax package and make it easier for families to pay for child care.

The House Ways and Means Committee chose not to support US families by voting for the Child and Dependent Care tax credit. We have a tight budget but families with children really need a break in this economy.

May 8,2025 is the day we show appreciation to child development professionals in DC.They spend their days teaching our babies and young children a range of skills from properly blowing their noses to how letters of the alphabet form words like STOP and GO. They model and teach .

Our exec director Kim Perry said the $1B in budget cuts “would be detrimental to the District, a jurisdiction that, despite the high cost of #childcare, has been responsive to the needs of working parents.” #WashingtonDC

Subscribe to Receive DCFPI’s Federal Threats Watch. Sign Up Here: https://t.co/GetzpTTkuo This is critical because the house is also specifically targeting the DC city budget for a billion dollar cut ( no relationship to the Federal Budget- just because we are not a State).

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Tell Congress: Fund Care Not Billionaires!. Sign here:

Congress, It is time to “Think Babies” and ensure that your vote helps rather than restricts their health,nutrition, and well-being,

💡Did you know? The average family in #WashingtonDC spends 26% of their income on child care. Expanding subsidized care can open opportunities for 12K+ infants and toddlers. It’s time to make affordable, high-quality #childcare a reality for every family. Discover our solutions

“Quality, affordable, accessible #childcare supports higher employment and full-time work hours, reduces poverty, and reduces socioeconomic disparities in employment and early care and education,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

“Daycare is our second biggest expense, after our mortgage,” reveals @Under3DC parent advocate Danielle Geong of #WashingtonDC. https://t.co/a1SWDxrVw8

In her new op-ed “More Attacks on DEI, Just Mean More Harm for Young Children” Start Early’s @DrDemiSiskind discusses that though bans on DEI initiatives are especially harmful for Black & Brown children, they're dangerous for all young children:

Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new child care plan Tuesday that proposes that working families would not pay more than 7% of their income for child care.

Investing an additional $139 million in child care subsidies to allow all DC families access would create 3,097 new jobs, boost earnings for District workers by $1.4 billion, and grow the overall size of the DC economy by $1.65 billion.

Access to child care allows more people, especially women, to work, it frees up family budgets, and increases the $ child care providers have to hire more staff & improve their facilities.

The lack of affordable quality child care in the District is a crisis. Addressing this crisis with expanded access to child care subsidies would be a massive boon not just for families and children, but for the entire District economy.

How can DC grow its economy? By expanding affordable child care. In the first year alone DC’s economy would grow by $1.7 billion, if all families had access. Want to know more? Check out my new report: https://t.co/CXqhAYUDq0 🧵

Does your toddler wander the house draped in a blanket? Wear a laundry basket as a hat? Love to play under the kitchen table? Toddler behaviors can sometimes seem a little random. But their play actually follows a lot of common patterns, a knowledge of which can make

Happening in the District: ✊🏾 Celebrating the life of Congressman John Lewis 👴🏾 Join us for Nelson Mandela Day of Service 🍧 Roving Leaders day is tomorrow ✅ Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Application is closing July 30 🎈#BeDowntown: Kids World is BACK

Join the @NationalCACFP Virtual CACFP Summit August 14-15 and August 21-22. Attend workshops on nutrition, program administration, operations, financial and nonprofit management, and more. Register today. https://t.co/OVhZtgUZVB