The Child Care Workforce CRISIS is REAL
97% of all occupations pay more than child care in NYS.
While we work to make the compensation of the child care workforce equal to the value of their contribution to children, working parents and our whole economy, we need NYS to fund the Child Care Workforce Compensation Fund at $1Bil in this budget.
Recently, more than 150 parents, child care providers, nonprofit leaders and business executives from the Mid-Hudson region gathered to call on New York State elected leaders to adequately fund child care in the upcoming budget. Hear what the child care community had to say: Click Here!
Please do these 2 things today:
- Send your support letter to Governor Hochul and your representatives in the Senate and Assembly. Click Here! Just 3 mins of your time!
- Share this email with friends, family, co-workers, parents - everyone who cares about children and those who care for them.
The Early Learning Nation, a new publication on early learning, asks how we can have a strong child care policy without investing more in the child care workforce. Spoiler Alert - we can't. To read more, Click Here!
