Early Care & Education

All families should have access to affordable, high-quality early care and education opportunities that are welcoming and inclusive of all self-defined families, provide for a well-trained and compensated workforce, and create environments where all children can thrive so that all children are ready and successful for school and life regardless of race, ZIP code, ability, identity, or any other factor.

To read our campaign's full mission statement, click here (PDF).

A small bump in my income meant I lost the child care support that was keeping my budget in line and keeping my family stable. I am a single mother of young children and I am in law school with a degree from UW. But three years ago, a single set back destabilized my entire family. A single, and...Read more

Angelica, Washington

Blog posts

MomsForce

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

07/11/19

To mother is to transform. Each and every day moms are shaping a more just future for us all through small and big acts alike -- whether it’s helping a tantruming toddler understand their feelings or advocating for their community with elected leaders, moms have superpowers that move us all forward...

Casey Osborn-Hinman

4th in a series

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

07/11/19

Ensuring that a growing economy is equitable and benefits all workers is an important policy priority for all elected officials. Given that women’s earnings and economic security are central to the health and well-being of U.S. households and the overall economy, each election cycle presents an...

Heidi Hartmann

3rd in a series

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

07/08/19

Ensuring that a growing economy is equitable and benefits all workers is an important policy priority for all elected officials. Given that women’s earnings and economic security are central to the health and well-being of U.S. households and the overall economy, each election cycle presents an...

Heidi Hartmann

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Childcare & Early Education MomsVote

06/21/19

Check out the best from the blog in the past week: a single mom speaks out; Marian Wright Edelman lifts up another hero for children's rights; and we share a great action opportunity for you!

Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

06/20/19

Cross-armed and teary-eyed parents sat across from me, listening to me speak about the issues in their children’s classroom. They took a deep unified breath after I stated clearly, “There’s no such thing as a bully in a preschool classroom.” One parent stood to walk out before their partner asked...

Lina Acosta Sandaal

Childcare & Early Education

06/19/19

My name is Reshonna and I was born and raised right here in Seattle, WA. I grew up in a household with a single mother who was a teacher. As a young girl I knew from watching my mom that teaching was something that I wanted to do when I got older. I started working at 12 years old with infants, and...

Monica Martinez

Take Action

Say "Thanks" for doing BIG things for our littlest learners

Governor Jay Inslee and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families Secretary Ross Hunter are working on plans for significantly increasing access to affordable, high-quality early learning opportunities including preschool, childcare, and services for babies and toddlers in the Evergreen State -- and they want and NEED to hear from experts like you: Parents, families, and everyone with a belly button who cares about kids.

Help save 10,000 NC childcare subsidies!

Your voice is urgently needed to ensure over 10,000 NC children don’t lose a chance at high-quality early education! In the next forty-eight hours, NC lawmakers will be finalizing the state budget. They need to hear from you right now that they need to use new federal money as it was intended–to make childcare more affordable for working families!

Share your childcare experience with MomsRising!

To build momentum nationally for childcare, we need families (like yours!) to share their experiences in order to show our leaders that high-quality, affordable childcare is a priority for their constituents.