You Asked, We Answered: 6 Questions about Child Care from the 2020 Virtual Advocacy Summit
SCAN answered some of the questions about child care and COVID-19 that we were unable to get to during the 3rd session of the 2020 Virtual Advocacy Summit.
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It’s Your Turn: Use Your Voice for Kids!
On the 4rd night of the Save the Children Action Network Advocacy Summit, our experts discussed how to contact your lawmakers and use your voice for kids.
An Investment in Child Care Is an Investment in Our Future. What Are We Waiting For?
On the 3rd night of the Save the Children Action Network Advocacy Summit, our experts discussed how the coronavirus is impacting the child care industry.
COVID-19 Is Threatening the Child Care Industry. We Must Save It.
Gov. Lujan Grisham and SCAN President Mark Shriver: “It’s time that we fully recognize the indispensable value of high-quality childhood services, and then create the supports that will help children to thrive.”
In Their Words: The Reality of Coronavirus and Child Care
SCAN spoke to more than 20 volunteers who work with children to hear, in their words, how the coronavirus is affecting them. Here are four of their stories.
Let’s Solve the Child Care and Early Education Crisis in Colorado
Colorado is seriously lacking accessible child care and early ed spots. Just this year, I stood outside at 4 am, for four hours, to assure the two soon-to-be preschoolers would have a slot. Something has to change.
2020 Vision for Kids
This year, there are a lot of competing priorities facing our elected leaders. And through it all, we need to ensure that children are a top priority.
Quality child care is hard to find. It shouldn’t be.
My twin boys are now six months old and I’m just returning back to my full-time role as CEO. I’ve been fully engaged in the jigsaw puzzle of piecing together care from my parents and friends, paying for someone to come into our home, and hoping to get off the waitlist at a child care center. I can’t help but think, what about those who don’t have any of these supports?
Photo Journey: We All Care for Child Care
Last week, we organized a week of action across the country to advocate for high-quality child care. Relive the action by browsing through our photo journey!
Twitter Talk: Making the economic case for child care
Whether you’re a parent, doctor, teacher, business owner or employee, the issue of quality child care can – and likely does – matter to you. Parents, pediatricians and educators know how critical the first five years of children’s lives are …