Family Economic Security

Mother cradling a boys head with text that reads "Omicron is raging across the country Congress give families a lifeline and Build Back Better Now!

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

January 5, 2022

Like many others, my 2022 is off to a rocky start. I am writing this as I scramble to find a COVID-19 test appointment for my feverish two-year-old and my son is home with his school closed. I know I am far from alone. Families need a lifeline, but just when we need help the most, the U.S. Senate failed to act before the new year to extend the monthly Child Tax Credit payments and pass key policies like paid family and medical leave and child care that would have helped families, businesses, and our economy weather this COVID-19 surge.

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

December 20, 2021

Sen Manchin's announcement that he will not support the current version of the Build Back Better Act is a stinging, heartbreaking, disappointment to families in his state. Join us in urging him to come back to the negotiating table.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

December 17, 2021

Every provision of the Build Back Better agenda is supported by at least two in three Americans. This is why it's important to spread the word far and wide about what is in this proposed legislation and what it would mean for families.

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Felicia Burnett

Family Economic Security

December 16, 2021

Our economy wouldn’t exist without the power of working people. Even holiday celebrations wouldn’t be possible without our labor. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Festivus, Kwanzaa, or Christmas this month, it’s farm workers, package delivery drivers, cashiers, hospitality staff, and so many other frontline members of our communities that make holiday traditions possible. Here's the problem – pregnant workers in these important jobs are the likeliest to need, but not have access to the basic, but very important protections and accommodations in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (S. 1486). Why? Because despite already passing the U.S. House of Representatives this year and having broad bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate, this important legislation has still not passed.

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

November 24, 2021

There are just seven legislative days left on the Senate calendar before the end of the year. Act now and urge your U.S. Senators to act quickly to pass the BBB Act, including paid family/medical leave, before the end of the year.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

November 23, 2021

“The free market works well in many different sectors, but childcare is not one of them. It does not work for the caregivers. It does not work for the parents. It does not work for the kids. And because it does not work for them, it does not work for the country."

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Donald Cohen

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

November 22, 2021

"It's time for employers to see their employees as people who have whole lives outside of work." - MacKenzie from New Hampshire

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MacKenzie Nicholson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave

November 18, 2021

En nuestro Libro de Historias de la Economía del Cuidado 2021 , hemos capturado historias poderosas y conmovedoras de familias de todo el país que ilustran cómo nuestra Infraestructura de cuidado inadecuada perjudica a las familias, las empresas y nuestra economía. La construcción de una...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

November 15, 2021

There are many things that would hurt children, and giving parents more money to care for them is not one of those things.

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Deborah Lash

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

October 21, 2021

It’s mission critical that equal pay becomes a reality for ALL women and people because when we experience a wage gap in our paychecks, the overall wealth gap widens across gender and race. When the wealth gap widens for communities already experiencing systemic forces of oppression, like racism, transphobia, xenophobia, and/or ableism, the opportunity gap for our lives and families *also* worsens.

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Sara Alcid