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¡Puedes calificar para

cuidado infantil gratis o a bajo costo!

Gracias a la Ley Comienzo Justo para los Niños la asistencia financiera para el cuidado infantil se ha expandido para incluir a más familias del estado de Washington. ¡La buena noticia es que esto no es todo! También se han eliminado los copagos para algunas familias y se han reducido considerablemente para otras.

 

Incluso si no habías calificado en el pasado, llama al Centro de Contacto para Subsidios de Cuidado Infantil al 1-844-626-8687 para ver si calificas ahora con la expansión del programa de asistencia para el cuidado infantil de nuestro estado. La forma más fácil de determinar la elegibilidad es llamando por teléfono. ¡También tienen disponible interpretación en varios idiomas al llamar por teléfono!

¿No te gusta hablar por teléfono? Puedes visitar Washington Connection en washingtonconnection.org para ver si calificas e iniciar el proceso de aplicación, pero recomendamos que llames al 1-844-626-8687 porque el proceso es más sencillo. Las cosas están muy difíciles y esperamos que esta información (y un cuidado infantil más asequible) ayude a hacer que las cosas sean un poquito más fáciles para ti y para tu familia.
 

Preguntas frecuentes sobre la asistencia para el cuidado infantil

  1. ¿Qué es asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  2. ¿Quién es elegible para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  3. ¿Califico? ¿Hay copagos?
  4. ¿Qué más necesito para ser elegible? 
  5. ¿Cómo determino el tamaño de mi familia para aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  6. ¿Cómo es inclusiva la asistencia para el cuidado infantil de los niños que tienen discapacidades físicas, intelectuales y/o del desarrollo?
  7. ¿Cómo ayuda la asistencia para el cuidado infantil a los niños y familias que no tienen hogar? 
  8. ¿Pueden los padres de estudiantes de preparatoria recibir asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  9. ¿Pueden los estudiantes universitarios recibir asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  10. ¿Cómo puedo aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?
  11. ¿Qué opciones de cuidado tengo?
  12. ¿Cómo encuentro a un proveedor de cuidado infantil?
  13. ¿Qué es el cuidado proporcionado por Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos?
  14. ¿Cómo puedo usar asistencia para el cuidado infantil en un entorno de cuidado proporcionado por Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos (FNN, por sus siglas en inglés)?
  15. ¿Hay apoyo para las familias y proveedores que opten por cuidado proporcionado por Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos (FNN)?

Pero primero, las preguntas más frecuentes que hacen los padres de todo el estado que tienen niños pequeños: ¡¿Por qué el cuidado infantil cuesta tanto y es tan difícil de encontrar?! Porque no hemos aceptado que el cuidado infantil es el bien público que todo padre de familia, proveedor y empleador saben que es. Por suerte, ¡esto está comenzando a cambiar! En mayo de 2021, el gobernador Jay Inslee aprobó la Ley Comienzo Justo para los Niños (Proyecto de Ley del Senado 5237) e hizo que el cuidado infantil fuera más asequible y accesible para las familias y más sostenible para los proveedores.  A través de un nuevo impuesto sobre las ganancias de capital para las personas ultraricas, el cuidado infantil asequible se expandirá a más familias en la próxima década. 

 

 

    
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¿Qué es asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

¡El estado de Washington ayuda a algunas familias a pagar por todo o por parte del costo del cuidado infantil! A través de Working Connections Child Care, el programa de asistencia para el cuidado infantil del estado de Washington, el estado le pagará directamente al proveedor de cuidado infantil que escojas para tu familia. La asistencia para el cuidado infantil se paga directamente al proveedor a través de un vale que cubre el costo de la asistencia autorizada menos el copago de la familia. 

Las familias que participan en el programa de Asistencia Temporal para Familias Necesitadas, el programa de bienestar de nuestro estado, y las familias de muy bajos recursos no tendrán copagos, es decir, sus gastos directos serán cero. Para todas las demás familias que califican para la elegibilidad inicial, los copagos se limitarán a no más de $215 al mes.

    
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¿Quién es elegible para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

Las familias que ganan 60% o menos del Ingreso Promedio Estatal pueden ser elegibles para asistencia para el cuidado infantil. Para una familia de tres esto representa $51,804 al año y para una familia de cuatro representa $61,675 al año. 
¿Qué es el Ingreso Promedio Estatal? Es solo una forma de medir cómo tus ingresos se comparan con los ingresos de otras familias en Washington para poder priorizar la asistencia para el cuidado infantil para quienes más la necesitan. 

Esta útil tabla te puede ayudar a determinar si tu familia califica en base a los INGRESOS BRUTOS del hogar (para las familias con dos adultos, esto significa sumar ambos ingresos ANTES DE LOS IMPUESTOS):

    
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¿Califico? ¿Hay copagos?

Paso 1: encuentra el tamaño de tu familia en la línea horizontal (hamburguesa) 
Paso 2: encuentra el ingreso mensual de tu familia antes de los impuestos en la línea vertical (hotdog) 
Paso 3: sigue la línea horizontal y vertical hasta el punto donde se encuentran para conocer tu copago.

 

¿Qué hago si no califico debido a mis ingresos?

Si el tamaño de tu familia (línea vertical o del hotdog) y tu ingreso mensual (la línea horizontal o de la hamburguesa) no se encuentran, entonces puede que no califiques ahora mismo, pero llama al 1-844-626-8687 para estar seguro. ¡Pero te tenemos buenas noticias! La asistencia para el cuidado infantil se expandirá para incluir a más familias en el 2025 e incluso a más familias en el 2027.

 

    
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¿Qué más necesito para ser elegible? 

Existen algunos requisitos de elegibilidad adicionales que los trabajadores de Beneficios Públicos te pueden ayudar a comprender mejor si llamas al 1-844-626-8687, incluyendo:

  • Los padres de familia deben tener un empleo que pague impuestos, satisfacer todos los requisitos de WorkFirst (el programa de bienestar de nuestro estado) o asistir tiempo completo a un colegio comunitario, técnico o tribal y estar participando en un programa aprobado.
  • El niño debe tener menos de 13 años o menos de 19 años si tiene necesidades especiales.
  • El niño que recibe el cuidado debe ser ciudadano o residente legal de EE. UU.

    
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¿Cómo determino el tamaño de mi familia?

El estado de Washington no necesariamente define “familia” de la misma forma que las familias se definen a sí mismas. Para aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil, el tamaño de la familia usualmente incluye solo a los padres de familia y a los niños que viven bajo el mismo techo. Otros adultos y niños que viven en la casa como abuelos, tíos y primos, no se incluyen al calcular el tamaño de la familia. Si los padres viven separados, solo el padre y el niño que viven bajo el mismo techo se toman en cuenta al calcular el tamaño de la familia. Cuando llames al 1-844-626-8687, los trabajadores de Beneficios Públicos te pueden ayudar a comprender mejor cómo calcular el tamaño de tu familia.  

    
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¿Cómo es inclusiva la asistencia para el cuidado infantil de los niños que tienen discapacidades físicas, intelectuales y/o del desarrollo?

Los padres que tienen niños con necesidades especiales pueden calificar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil que paga al proveedor una tasa mayor por el apoyo adicional. Para la elegibilidad, los “niños con necesidades especiales” usualmente tienen condiciones físicas, emocionales o mentales que limitan una o más actividades esenciales de la vida. Actividades esenciales de la vida son respirar, oír, ver, hablar, caminar, usar los brazos y las manos, aprender y jugar. Para aplicar para una tasa mayor para el cuidado de tu hijo, llena los papeles en inglés y español. ¿Buscas asistencia adicional? Considera contactar a las siguientes organizaciones:

Aging and Disability Services Administration (Administración de Servicios para Adultos Mayores y Personas Discapacitadas) http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov, 1-800-422-3263
The Arc of WA, Parent to Parent (Padre a Padre), http://www.arcwa.org, 1-888-754-8798 
Early Intervention Services, Birth to Three (Servicios de Intervención Temprana, desde el nacimiento hasta los tres años) www.withinreachwa.org  1-800-322-2588
Child Care Aware of Washington, http://wa.childcareaware.org/ 1-800-446-1114

    
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¿Cómo ayuda la asistencia para el cuidado infantil a los niños y familias que no tienen hogar?

Las familias que no tienen hogar pueden ser elegibles por 12 meses sin tener actividades de trabajo aprobadas. Puedes calificar para un periodo de gracia si vives temporalmente con parientes o amigos, no tienes hogar; vives en un albergue, automóvil o parque; vives en un hogar de transición, vives en el hogar de un programa de violencia doméstica y/o experimentas otras situaciones de vivienda temporales. ¿Buscas ayuda para tener acceso al periodo de gracia para cuidado infantil si no tienes hogar? ¡Child Care Aware de Washington y Child Care Resources te puede ayudar!

    
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¿Pueden los padres de estudiantes de preparatoria recibir asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

Sí, los padres que tienen estudiantes en preparatoria y los padres que tienen hijos de 21 años o menos que están preparándose para el certificado de equivalencia de preparatoria son elegibles para asistencia para el cuidado infantil siempre y cuando ganen menos del 85% del Ingreso Promedio Estatal (SMI, por sus siglas en inglés). Uno de los padres de familia del estudiante de preparatoria es elegible sin importar las circunstancias del otro padre de familia. ¿Cuánto es 85% del SMI? Para una familia de 2 es $4,951.25 al mes; para una familia de 3 es $6,115.75 al mes y para una familia de 4 es $7,281.10 al mes.

    
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¿Pueden los estudiantes universitarios recibir asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

¡Sí! Los padres de familia que participan en un programa educativo vocacional en un colegio comunitario, técnico o tribal que se graduarán de un título asociado o son parte de un programa de aprendizaje registrado no tienen que satisfacer los requisitos de trabajo para recibir asistencia para el cuidado infantil. Estos padres de familia deben satisfacer otros requisitos de elegibilidad. 

 

 

    
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¿Cómo puedo aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

Hay tres formas de aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil:

  1. Por teléfono: llama al Centro de Contacto para Subsidios de Cuidado Infantil al 1-844-626-8687. El Centro de Contacto tiene un personal completo de trabajadores de Beneficios Públicos que pueden responder tus preguntas, determinar tu elegibilidad inicial e iniciar el proceso de aplicación. ***La forma más fácil de determinar la elegibilidad es llamando por teléfono. ¡También tienen disponible interpretación en varios idiomas por teléfono!***
  2. En línea: visita Washington Connection en https://www.washingtonconnection.org/ para ver si calificas e iniciar el proceso de aplicación, pero te recomendamos llamar al 1-844-626-8687 para recibir una respuesta más rápida. 
  3. En persona: visita la oficina del Departamento de Servicios Sociales y de Salud (DSHS, por sus siglas en inglés) de tu comunidad para aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil además de otros beneficios públicos. Encuentra la oficina de tu comunidad aquí: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/office-locations

    
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¿Qué información necesito para aplicar para asistencia para el cuidado infantil?

Cuando llames al Centro de Contacto para Subsidios de Cuidado Infantil al 1-844-626-8687, los trabajadores de Beneficios Públicos pueden procesar tu aplicación en unos cuantos días verificando tu información. Lo primero que debes hacer es llamar al 1-844-626-8687 para iniciar el proceso de aplicación y después empieza a reunir estos documentos si te los solicitan como parte del proceso:

  • Comprobante de la ciudadanía o residencia legal de tu niño
  • Miembros del hogar
  • Ingresos del hogar

Si prefieres aplicar en línea o en la oficina del DSHS lo más seguro es que tengas que proporcionar copias de los documentos que mencionamos arriba. Toma en cuenta que los documentos deben ser enviados por correo postal o por fax para proteger tu información privada.

Cuando hayas escogido a tu proveedor de cuidado infantil no olvides proporcionar al Centro de Contacto para Subsidios de Cuidado Infantil su información para que puedan recibir su pago.

    
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¿Qué opciones de cuidado tengo?

Las familias que reciben asistencia para el cuidado infantil pueden escoger el entorno y el proveedor de cuidados que mejor se adapte a sus necesidades, incluyendo centros de cuidado infantil con licencia y hogares de cuidado infantil familiar con licencia. Los proveedores de cuidado infantil con licencia tienen que satisfacer un mínimo de requisitos que establece el estado para la licencia para asegurar que los niños están en un lugar seguro, saludable y acogedor. ¿No sabes dónde comenzar? Llama al Centro Familiar de Child Care Aware de Washington al 1-800-446-1114 para recibir ayuda para encontrar una solución de cuidado infantil de alta calidad con licencia en tu comunidad. Además de proporcionarte una lista de opciones de cuidado infantil que satisfagan tus criterios, Child Care Aware también puede compartir contigo cómo usar Early Achievers, nuestro sistema de calificación y mejora de calidad, como una medida para comprender la calidad. ¡Tienen apoyo disponible en más de 250 idiomas! 
 
Muchas familias que usan nuestro programa de asistencia para el cuidado infantil escogen cuidado proporcionado por Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos (FNN). El cuidado FNN no requiere de licencia, pero los proveedores de cuidados que no son parientes deben satisfacer ciertos estándares de salud y seguridad. El cuidado FNN subsidiado hace que sea posible que las familias escojan entornos que se adapten mejor a sus necesidades culturales, lingüísticas y comunitarias y es parte esencial de nuestra infraestructura de asistencia estatal.

    
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¿Cómo puedo usar asistencia para el cuidado infantil en un entorno de cuidado proporcionado por parientes, amigos y vecinos (FNN)?

Los proveedores que son Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos (FNN) incluyen abuelos, tíos, adultos mayores, hermanos mayores, amigos, vecinos y otros que ayudan a las familias ofreciéndoles cuidado infantil. Tanto en Washington como en toda la nación, el cuidado FNN es el tipo más común de cuidado infantil para infantes y niños pequeños y para los niños en edad escolar antes y después de clases.
 
Algunas familias prefieren el cuidado FNN para sus niños o que el cuidado ocurra en el hogar del niño. Al escoger a un proveedor de cuidado infantil que esté exento del requisito de licencia, tienes responsabilidades adicionales. El proveedor que escojas debe:

  • Tener 18 años o más
  • Ser ciudadano o residente legal de Estados Unidos
  • Pasar la verificación de antecedentes del DCYF. Si el cuidado es provisto en el hogar del proveedor, toda persona que tenga 16 años o más también debe pasar la verificación de antecedentes.
  • Ser lo suficientemente saludable física y mentalmente para satisfacer todas las necesidades del niño bajo su cuidado.
  • No ser el padre biológico, padrastro, padre adoptivo, tutor legal, figura parental, hermano o cónyuge de ninguna de estas personas.
  • Satisfacer los requisitos de salud y seguridad no relacionados con el niño.

Las familias o proveedores de cuidados que estén considerando el cuidado subsidiado FNN pueden encontrar más información de los requisitos y regulaciones en línea: https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/early-learning-providers/ffn.

    
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¿Hay apoyo para las familias y proveedores que escojan cuidado proporcionado por Parientes, Amigos y Vecinos (FNN)?

Los grupos Kaleidoscope Play & Learn (KP&L) ofrecen a los padres y a otros proveedores de cuidados la oportunidad de apoyar la educación temprana de los niños a través de actividades diarias y del fortalecimiento de sus relaciones con otros participantes. Puedes encontrar más información sobre Play & Learn en línea a través de Care Resources: https://www.childcare.org/family-services/find-care-ffn.aspx.

Media advisory

First-Ever MOMibuster Set for May 7

April 25, 2022
Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Moms, parents, caregivers, care workers, and leaders from across the country are turning the tables on Congress by filibustering them to send the message that, in order to succeed, America's families need a care infrastructure.

For Mother’s Day this year, MomsRising, the #CareCantWait Coalition, and dozens of allies are organizing something powerful and unprecedented: the first-ever MOMibuster. Moms, parents, caregivers, care workers and leaders from all over the country are turning the tables on Congress by filibustering them to send the message that, in order to succeed, families need a care infrastructure that includes affordable child care, free pre-K, paid family and medical leave, quality maternal health care for everyone, home- and community-based services, affordable prescription meds, monthly Child Tax Credit checks that are fully refundable, and a tax system that works for families.

Part Mother’s Day celebration, part plea for help, and part call to action, the 8-hour MOMibuster will feature 2- to 3-minute videos from moms, parents, caregivers, and leaders all over the country sharing their situations and the policies they need. It will include moms talking about how they were pushed out of the workforce during the pandemic, parents talking about missing time with their babies because they are without paid family and medical leave, grandparents sharing that they go without the care they need, and caregivers struggling to make ends meet despite impossibly low wages. 

The MOMibuster will be carried on the social media channels of MomsRising and more than 80 other organizations on Saturday, May 7, leading into Mother’s Day. This is part of a broad effort to help build momentum for Congress to take action on the issues that matter most to moms and families. The Mother’s Day MOMibuster will not only be promoted to viewers online, but will be projected on LED trucks in front of the U.S. Capitol on Mother’s Day weekend and for two days afterward. The coalition will place an ad in the DC edition of the NY Times the Friday before Mother’s Day; and deliver stories and paper flowers to all of Congress the Tuesday after Mother’s Day.

For details and to be connected to MOMibuster participants from different regions, of different ages, in different situations, contact lisa@momsrising.org and magen@momsrising.

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Tragedy After Tragedy After Tragedy

May 24, 2022
Gun Control

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the horrific murders at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas today:

“Our hearts break for the victims, families, and everyone affected by the mass murders at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas today. News reports tell us that at least 18 children and two adults were murdered by a gun-wielding teen. Others were injured as well. It is unacceptable that so much carnage, devastation, and tragedy – too often fueled by hate – have become so common in our country. 

“It is intolerable that our children are not safe in their schools and that none of us are safe in our grocery stores or on our streets.  It’s reprehensible that our freedoms – including the freedom of our children to grow into healthy adults – are being taken away by the ‘guns and high-capacity magazines everywhere’ culture in America. 

“Every lawmaker at every level who has refused to adopt reasonable gun control – who has allowed guns and high-capacity magazines to fall into the hands of those who should not have them – who has ignored the safety of our children and communities – should search their hearts and recalculate their priorities.

“America’s moms do not want to raise our children in a country with so much violence, where our children are not safe, where mass shootings are commonplace, where there are more guns than people. We deserve better. We will work to make sure lawmakers who protect our children and communities are elected, we will push hard for gun safety measures, and we will hold each other close and love and care for each other. We do all this because no mother, father, parent, child, son, daughter, or community should ever have to endure losses like those that happened today."

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

SCOTUS Decision One Important Step Toward a More Humane, Functional Asylum System

June 30, 2022
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Xochitl Oseguera, Vice President, MomsRising / MamásConPoder, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this morning in Biden v. Texas:

“The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Biden v. Texas will bring us one step closer to ending  the appalling humanitarian disaster President Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy created. It affirms the Biden administration’s authority to implement more humane immigration policies. We have never needed that more than we do now. Remain in Mexico and Title 42 are racist policies that continue to create chaos and unimaginably dangerous journeys for asylum seekers. Those policies failed to deter asylum-seekers, failed to respect our laws, and failed to protect basic human rights. The tragic, heartbreaking deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio this week were a stark reminder that people are being pushed to take highly dangerous routes, risking their lives, while our border remains effectively closed to asylum seekers. And people will continue risking their lives to come here to escape desperate conditions in their home countries.

“Seeking asylum is legal under U.S. and international law and a fundamental human right. Today’s ruling is a major step toward restoring normalcy at our border, but it is only the beginning. We must invest in our asylum system, fund immigration courts, and eliminate backlogs in processing asylum claims. When we do all that, we will strengthen our communities, help alleviate the labor shortage that is stifling our recovery and feeding inflation, and live up to both U.S and international laws. America’s moms want every immigrant and every asylum-seeker to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Moms Applaud Ohio Grand Jury for Refusing to Indict Brittany Watts, Exercising the Compassion and Sense Officials Lacked

January 12, 2024
Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of leaders of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the Ohio grand jury’s refusal to indict Brittany Watts:

“After suffering a devastating miscarriage, Brittany Watts has been mistreated and abused by a system anti-abortion leaders designed intentionally to inflict pain and punishment on women. Thankfully for Watts, that ended yesterday evening when a grand jury refused to indict her on the ridiculous charge of abuse of a corpse in the wake of the miscarriage she suffered.

“From start to finish, this case has been an atrocious abuse of power, from the time Watts – a mother of three – was forced to wait for 8+ hours in the hospital for the care she needed, to police bringing charges after she miscarried a nonviable fetus, to being forced to endure the grand jury process while facing possible imprisonment for a felony. This is not how anyone should ever be treated.”

-Statement of Beatriz Beckford, National Director, Youth and Family Justice, MomsRising

“The parade of horribles unleashed by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization continues to traumatize and devastate the country, with women of color, low-income women, young, rural and immigrant women, people with disabilities, and those who are LGBTQIA+ suffering the most.

“Every day anti-abortion zealots intrude in women’s reproductive health is a day when moms and pregnant people are abused and endangered, and when our maternal mortality crisis gets even worse. America’s moms will remain in this fight for as long as our autonomy is challenged, our privacy violated, and our access to reproductive health care threatened or denied. Reproductive rights are fundamental human rights.”

-Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

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#LatinasVotan promueve creativamente la participación de las mujeres y las mamás latinas en las elecciones. Nuestro voto es poderoso y es urgente. Por eso es importante en asegurarnos que toda nuestra gente salga a votar. Ya sea por correo o en las urnas, ya sea durante el período de votación anticipada o el 8 de noviembre, necesitamos hacernos escuchar.

 
Statement

Another Black Life Lost to Police Violence. Another Grave Injustice. Another Urgent Reason for Congress to Pass the BREATHE Act.

October 29, 2020
Police Reform

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the murder of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia police this week.

“George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Rayshard Brooks. Tony McDade. And now, Walter Wallace Jr. They are among the Black Americans – people with lives and loves, families and futures – who were murdered by police. This is state-sanctioned violence and it has to stop. This country will not tolerate police murders of people of color, day after day after day.

“America’s moms mourn the death of Walter Wallace Jr. Our hearts are with Cathy Wallace, Walter’s mom, who tried valiantly and desperately to save her son’s life as police pulled their guns and shot her son not once, not twice, but ten times. No mother should lose a loved one to those charged with our protection. No one should lose his life because police responded with lethal violence to a mental health crisis.

“The BREATHE Act would ensure our political leaders invest in our communities through education, housing, health care, and mental health services, and address the needs of people living in low-income communities. This federal bill divests resources from incarceration and policing; builds new approaches to community safety; invests resources to build equitable communities for all; enhances the self-determination of all Black and POC communities; and allocates funds to build healthy, sustainable, and equitable communities.

“At a time when COVID-19 is devastating Black and Brown communities, when our schools cannot function normally, when armed white supremacists with guns are marching on state capitols and intimidating voters, we need to shift priorities and re-allocate resources. Moms demand full accountability for the murder of Walter Wallace Jr., and investments in health, education and community supports. We will not rest until we have a country in which we can all be safe and thrive.”

Sign the MomsRising petition in support of the #BREATHEAct here: https://action.momsrising.org/sign/BREATHE_Act/#BREATHEact

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Media advisory

Asian American Leaders and Advocates Will Address the Need to End Gun Violence Against and in AAPI Communities Across the Nation

April 30, 2021
Gun Control

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

May 4, 2021, noon ET / 9 am PT

Xenophobic political statements about China and Chinese people have contributed to rising incidents of racism against Asian Americans during the COVID–19 pandemic. From March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021, Stop AAPI Hate reporting center received 3,795 incidents of hate. On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white gunman killed eight people, including six Asian women, in three spas in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. On April 15, 2021, a 19-year-old white gunman killed eight people, including four Sikhs, at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In 2020, gun sales in the United States surged 40% from 2019 to 39,695,315. Another 4.1 million guns were purchased in January 2021, alone. First-time gun owners from the AAPI community, which historically has had the lowest rate of gun ownership across demographics, have been part of this surge.

Gun violence has impacted all communities across the nation. No one is immune. In a nation with 400 million civilian-owned guns, the answer is not more guns. All communities must unite in the efforts to end the gun violence crisis to keep our children and families safe. 

Who:

Moderator: Christina Oriel, Managing Editor of the Asian Journal

Speakers will include:

  • Po Murray, Korean American, Chairwoman, Newtown Action Alliance
  • Mike Song, Korean American, father of 15-year-old Ethan Song who was killed by an unsecured gun
  • Jennifer F. Tseng, MD MPH, Chinese American, Utley Professor and Chair of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center
  • Qudsia Raja, Vice President of Policy and Equity Initiatives, National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • Caroline Fan, Founder and President of the Missouri Asian American Youth Alliance
  • Jasmeet Sidhu, Sikh American, Senior Researcher, Ending Gun Violence, Amnesty International USA
  • Han Ko, Korean American, business owner and activist who experienced both the Rodney King Los Angeles Upheaval and the Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri
  • Gloria Pan, Chinese American, Vice President, Gun Safety, MomsRising

What:

Open press call for media

When:

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT

Why:

To convince the AAPI community to join the efforts to end the gun violence crisis in our nation.

To Join:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://momsrising.zoom.us/j/99488607103

Meeting ID: 994 8860 7103

Passcode: 009799

This event is sponsored by MomsRising and Newtown Action Alliance.

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

News release

MomsRising Launches Multi-Faceted Drive to Turn Out the Moms Vote This Year

October 17, 2022
MomsVote

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Be a Voter, Raise a Voter

MomsRising is running a multi-faceted voter education and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) drive to turn out mom voters on November 8. Already underway, MomsRising’s outreach will be focused on Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It includes:

  • Nearly a million handwritten mom-to-mom postcards with messages reminding infrequent mom voters to vote this year.

  • Direct mail to more than 800,000 moms who are infrequent voters with voting information and fun activities to do with kids while you vote.

  • Micro-targeted digital ads reaching over a million infrequent mom voters with the information they need to vote.

  • Combined volunteer and paid texting and phone calls, reaching more than a million moms.

  • A pilot program to reach Latina voters through What’s App, with a bot being created to help Latinas register, learn about issues, find their polling places, and get to the polls.

  • Beacon of Hope organizing locally in 16 states. And in NH, FL, NC, and PA, MomsRising volunteers will have “Treasure Boxes” near the polls with small toys and stickers for children in English and Spanish that say: My mom is a superhero. She voted!

“Moms are a powerful political force and we’re fired up to vote this year,” said MomsRising Executive Director and CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner. “Women have been registering to vote in record numbers, and we’re doing a massive amount of work to turn them out.”

MomsRising contracted with Lake Research to conduct quantitative and qualitative research to more fully understand the attitudes of voters, and specifically moms and caregivers, when it comes to the upcoming elections. Findings from that research are here.

MomsRising pioneered the “Be a Voter, Raise a Voter” MomsVote program in 2018. The multi-layered GOTV program aimed at infrequent Mom Voters has a strong history of success.

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Heartsick and Horrified

January 27, 2023
Police Reform

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of leaders of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the police murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month:

“America’s moms are heartsick and horrified by the brutal police murder of Tyre Nichols. No words can convey our deep, endless sorrow that a father, a son, a man who was simply driving his car in his own neighborhood was brutally murdered by the very people whose job it is to protect us.

“Firing the perpetrators from the police force and charging them with murder very quickly was the right thing to do. But it is not nearly enough. We must do more than react to police violence. We must prevent it and end the police terror that claims the lives of innocent people of color in our country, over and over and over again. We can prevent police violence, mass criminalization, and mass incarceration by investing in non-carceral systems of health, safety, and care; and moving away from policing and prisons.” 

-Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising

“2022 was the deadliest year of police violence on record. We are shattered by this murder and terrified by warnings about the brutality the video being released this evening will show. 

“We grieve with RowVaughn Wells and with all Tyre Nichols’ loved ones. And we call for meaningful, lasting change. The police murder of Tyre Nichols is not an isolated incident or an aberration. It is part of an unrelenting pattern of deadly police violence that keeps taking Black, Brown and Indigenous lives. Solutions will only come when we invest in schools, services, care and opportunities that will finally create the healthy, just communities we all deserve.

"Together with the official Black Lives Matter Memphis chapter in support of their coalition partner, Decarcerate Memphis, we demand that the city of Memphis:

  • Pass the Data Transparency ordinance;
  • End the use of pretextual traffic stops, unmarked cars, and plainclothes officers; 
  • Dissolve the Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods (SCORPION) unit, Organized Crime Unit (OCU), and Multi agency Gang Unit (MGU); and
  • End the use of task forces and remove police from traffic enforcement entirely."

-Statement of Monifa Bandele, Chief Strategy Office, MomsRising

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

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