🧵You want all the angles on what's happening in #childcare policy, advocacy and more? We've got you this week:

Bryce Covert Community Change Rebecca Gale Elliot Haspel New America Ed Jessica Kutz The 19th

More exciting advances happening with our northern neighbors (there are a smattering of U.S. school districts that do this, but most are not to scale):

To celebrate making our last daycare/PreK payment (not including future summers) today…

I calculated how much my family has spent on childcare for our two kids up to kindergarten.

We sent them to mid-cost centers in Denver & Mpls (think: YMCA), nothing fancy: $197,680.
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Last year, the Department of Commerce announced a historic first: Companies applying for a federal grant program had to provide a plan for offering child care.

I wrote about how it's going, and what leaves child care advocates concerned.

19thnews.org/2024/05/microc…

CC: All politicians

'I've been traveling to swing states, asking people ... 'why don't you feel what is on paper a strong economy? [Child care] is one of the number one things they tell me about.' -Christine Romans

today.com/video/parents-…

CC: All politicians

'I've been traveling to swing states, asking people ... 'why don't you feel what is on paper a strong economy? [Child care] is one of the number one things they tell me about.' -Christine Romans

today.com/video/parents-…

👀 Did you catch us on the TODAY !! Kicking off #DayWithoutChildCare with this incredible piece that truly captures why our childcare system is in such a crisis — and why so many of us are showing up today to do something about it.

Tune in on Friday, May 17, 2024 from 12 noon (EDT) to 1:30 pm to hear The Care Economy’s Zoom discussion on the Dangers of Child Care Profitization.

sfu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Elliot Haspel My insurance to cover myself and my family was over 11,100 a year. When my total salary was 30,000. Instantly means I was actually bringing home less than $20,000 a year. With an MS in early childhood development.

Caregiving: It's a duty, a critical function of society, a responsibility & a service. But it's also nourishing to our own selves, and those relationships form the foundations of our ethics as a society. Sound intriguing? Dive in w/ Elissa Strauss Elliot Haspel: bit.ly/4brIUUt

I looooved this conversation w/ Elliot Haspel for Early Learning Nation. I have noticed that there isn't much communication between the philosophers who focus on care, and the activists fighting for better care policies. They could really nourish and inspire one another!

THIS is a conversation! Elliot Haspel speaks w/ #elissaavery . 'The core element of dignity is care. If care is a core value of our society, we have to care for the caregivers.' Gallery Books Simon & Schuster tinyurl.com/2vmrbfx3

Private equity involvement in child care is not only a U.S. problem. I'm looking forward to joining Armine Yalnizyan and Antonia Simon on 5/17 to build an international understanding of the issue and potential action steps. REGISTER AT THIS LINK: sfu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…