Pack the Hearing Room & Stop Cuts to the Safety Net
On Thursday May 10, the Fair Budget Coalition sponsored A Day in The Strife, an action at the Wilson Building in protest of Mayor Gray’s proposed cuts to the city’s budget, most of which will once...
View ArticleFair Budget Coalition Fights City Hall and WINS!
Don’t tell me you can’t fight city hall. Yesterday (May 15, 2012) advocates fighting to maintain and improve essential social services in the District of Columbia, packed the city council hearing room...
View ArticleEmpower DC’s Baby Brigade Demands Subsidized Child Care
Subsidized child care, which provides low-income parents with vouchers that pay a portion of their child care costs, is one of the most important work support programs available in DC and around the...
View ArticleBattling for Subsidized Child Care
On May 14, 2012, members of Empower DC’s Child Care for All Campaign along with their children-otherwise known as the BABY BRIGADE-visited the Wilson Building to educate the city council on the...
View ArticleGetting 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...
View ArticleDC 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...
View ArticleSubsidized 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...
View ArticleAnother 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...
View ArticleBriefing Uncovers DC’s Child Care Crisis
DC Council Urged to Address Budget, Intake for Child Care Subsidy Program On Wednesday a panel of experts will share information that tells the story of a child care crisis brewing in the District and...
View ArticlePack the Hearing Room & Stop Cuts to the Safety Net
On Thursday May 10, the Fair Budget Coalition sponsored A Day in The Strife, an action at the Wilson Building in protest of Mayor Gray’s proposed cuts to the city’s budget, most of which will once...
View ArticleFair Budget Coalition Fights City Hall and WINS!
Don’t tell me you can’t fight city hall. Yesterday (May 15, 2012) advocates fighting to maintain and improve essential social services in the District of Columbia, packed the city council hearing room...
View ArticleEmpower DC’s Baby Brigade Demands Subsidized Child Care
Subsidized child care, which provides low-income parents with vouchers that pay a portion of their child care costs, is one of the most important work support programs available in DC and around the...
View ArticleBattling for Subsidized Child Care
On May 14, 2012, members of Empower DC’s Child Care for All Campaign along with their children-otherwise known as the BABY BRIGADE-visited the Wilson Building to educate the city council on the...
View ArticleTax Day Delegation
Empower DC's Tax Day Delegation, storming the gates of power at the Wilson Building. As activists, we love to participate in demonstrations and marches, especially when they’re in a good cause and...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleDoing 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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