Democratic Women’s Caucus Urges The Biden Administration To Include 100 Billion for Child Care In Relief Package — Ideas and Innovations In Early Childhood Education

Ideas and Innovations In Early Childhood Education and Care is a think tank based in Watertown Massachusetts founded by Theodore (Teddy) Kokoros in 2018. All researchers and contributors to Ideas and Innovations In Early Childhood Education and Care are either teachers or parents of young children. While early childhood education and care is getting more attention from politicians and the media, too often those shaping policy and discussions related to early childhood education and care are not the people who are more directly involved with the work. This think tank’s goal is to share the research and perspectives of people who work directly with young children.

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Feb 3 Democratic Women’s Caucus Urges The Biden Administration To Include 100 Billion for Child Care In Relief Package

The Democratic Women’s Caucus recently sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging them to include 100 Billion dollars for Child Care in a relief package. In a statement they wrote “Today, 54 Members, led by Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Co-Chairs Congresswomen Jackie Speier (CA-14), Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Vice Chair Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) sent a letter calling on President Biden to include $100 billion in reconciliation packages to not only stabilize child care for families and early educators, but also lay the groundwork for moving toward universal child care and early learning.”

You can read a copy of the full letter here: https://frankel.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2021-02-02_dwc_letter_to_president_biden_to_prioritize_child_care_relief_and_recovery.pdf

Read the Text of "An Act providing affordable and accessible high quality early education and care to promote child development and well-being and support the economy in the Commonwealth"

Feb 17 Read the Text of "An Act providing affordable and accessible high quality early education and care to promote child development and well-being and support the economy in the Commonwealth"

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