Brittany Buffum

#ChildCare must be a part of economic & workforce development conversations. @WDINY’s infographic captures the importance of investing in our current & future workforce. #FacilitatedEnrollment #FundChildCare @NYSA_Majority @NYSenate @SenKennedy @SRachelMay @SenatorBreslin

Next up we're joined by @ItisMichaelle, chair of @BPHACaucus! "$5B and nothing less!" New York is facing a child care crisis and we need to fight for #NYSUniversalChildCare!

Today at noon! Join over 800 child care providers, parents, and advocates for today’s Day of Action. Child care can’t wait! NYS must make a $5B investment in a path to #NYSUniversalChildCare in this year’s budget. @EmpireStateCCC

New York’s families can’t wait any longer! A $5B investment and a path to #NYSUniversalChildCare is necessary to make child care affordable for all of our families!

We only get what we demand. Day of Action tomorrow at noon.

When we invest in child care, we create healthy families, safer communities, & a strong New York. Follow along for @EmpireStateCCC -2/9 @ 12pm to tell NYS leaders and @GovKathyHochul: we need accessible #childcare for ALL New York children.

Today is the day! The NYUCCC will be advocating for #FacilitatedEnrollment in order to continue supporting NYS working families who make too much to qualify for low-income #childcare subsidies. It’s time to #SaveNYChildCare @KathyHochul @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins

@WDINY's Child Care Subsidy Program assists families who make too much to qualify through the local DSS. If you live in Albany, Erie, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Rensselaer, Saratoga or Schenectady County, our team is here to help you!

Since being forced out of the workforce due to #childcare issues, Laura Danger has found an audience on TikTok, where she's garnered more than 7 million likes by highlighting how women are being pushed into unpaid domestic labor. businessinsider.com/meet-mom-teach…

Today on the blog: Looking for solutions to high turnover in #childcare and #healthcare through projects with @1199SEIUTEF and @COFCCA - check out the link to read more! bit.ly/3GNoVjr

"According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the typical child-care center’s profit margin is only 1%." bloomberg.com/news/features/…

“We need to build opportunity ecosystems in all communities so that younger people can see the connections between school, work, and civic leadership, and personal fulfillment.” @DanPorterfield @AspenInstitute aspeninstitute.org/of-interest/ch… #talkopportunity

The @NewYorker gets it. #childcare

Thank you to all of the panelists, advocates, parents & especially the child care providers for joining the press conference today. It is time to #transformNYchildcare! @EmpireStateCCC

Join @EmpireStateCCC & us for the 2022 Climate for Universal Child Care Roundtable happening NOW. facebook.com/EmpireStateCCC

In 2020, overdose deaths in the U.S. increased by almost 30% & exceeded 93,000. I lost my brother to an overdose on November 9, 2020. Addiction ravaged his life & our family. An epidemic within a pandemic. We need to do better. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr… via @CDCgov

@jennifer_brass Yes, yes, yes!

@firstfiveyears With the return to school, parents are holding their breath waiting for the recurring quarantines to begin once again. Employers have to flexible and support their workforce. Our economic recovery depends on it.

“Without reliable #childcare, it will become more difficult for those parents to return to steady work schedules, economists say, potentially slowing a labor market recovery.” #solvechildcare reuters.com/world/us/us-ch…

@DanWuori Preach!🙌

“Federal lawmakers are currently considering investing in the nation’s #childcare infrastructure, as most other countries that can have already done. We subsidize those who raise our crops. Why is it so hard to subsidize those who help raise our children?” kansascity.com/opinion/editor…

“Our economic recovery requires robust investments in #childcare, and child care workers. We can’t ask parents to bear all the burden, and we can’t ask workers to face rock bottom wages.” politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/consider-the-w…

@DanWuori ...and to think folks thought the problem would be solved by infiltrating the subsidy system with federal stimulus dollars. While this certainly assists working families, it does not solve the root cause of our crisis.

“#Childcare centers across the country are struggling to find enough qualified educators, an obstacle that has some reducing enrollment and cutting hours. Owners say more teachers are quitting and fewer people than usual are applying for open positions.” reuters.com/article/usa-ec…