Getting DC Back to Work Also Means Making Child Care More Affordable
Cross-Posted from The District’s Dime by Soumya Bhat A new national report confirms what most DC parents already know: Child care in the District is expensive, especially compared to the rest of the...
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DC Doesn’t WORK without Child Care!
Join Other Parents in the Child Care for All Campaign Stand up for quality affordable child care for all DC families! YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD! Join Us @ the William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library...
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Subsidized Child Care for Middle Class Parents. Hm?
DC Urban Moms and Dads Co-Founders Maria Sokurashvili and Jeff Steele. A popular and informative blog for DC utilized by many DC-area parents. DC’s Subsidized Child Care Program is set up to help...
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Another Gray Administration Attack On Child Care
Listen up!! The Mayor and his administration have done it again!! Children from Zena’s Child Development Center in Southeast lobby DC’s City Council to fund the subsidized child care program. Another...
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In D.C., parents miss work, lose jobs trying to get child-care subsidy
Cross-Posted from the Washington Post written by Brigid Schulte At 6:30 a.m. on a Wednesday early this month, Andria Swanson, dressed in a bright-pink terry cloth jumpsuit, joined a line that was...
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Doing Right By the District’s Children
Child care in Washington DC is vital for a family to work, live, and participate in the community in a positive way. Without proper child care, parents- particularly single parents- may be forced to...
View ArticleCall to Action: Tell DC Council to Fund Subsidized Child Care
How much money were you making in 2004? Could you survive on that today? Maybe, maybe not. Might be a stretch but hey, times are tough. How about 27% of what you were making in 2004, could you survive...
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Courage and a Plan
Since 2003, Washington D.C. has seen a 43 percent decline in children placed in foster care. Though some progress has been made we are still seeing greater numbers of families struggling to access the...
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DC’s Budget Season All Wrapped Up
Budget season is over. The process takes several months starting with a budget proposed by Mayor Vincent Gray, then hearings in which members of the public comment on the mayor’s proposed budget, an...
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No Shortage of Ideas for Better, More Affordable Child Care
Cross-posted from Poverty & Policy Written by Kathryn Baer I’m on somewhat of a tear about high-quality, affordable child care, as you who follow this blog know. That’s in part because I’ve...
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