Urge Congress to Take Action on Child Care!

Congress Needs to Support the Child Care for Working Families Act!

Our nation’s moms and families know child care has long been and continues to be unaffordable and unattainable. The cost of child care has increased nearly 220 percent (!!) over the last three decades; and since 1990, child care expenses have outpaced wages, groceries, and even housing, and is one of the most expensive items in family budgets. All of this forces countless families, especially moms, to make the impossible choice between working in much-needed jobs and paying for child care.

Families have had enough of these child care struggles, which is why it’s important for congress to support the Child Care for Working Families Act (CCWFA). This critical piece of legislation makes high-quality child care affordable for families and addresses child care shortages throughout the nation.

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Tell Congress to support our families and our economy by co-sponsoring and supporting the Child Care for Working Families Act!

Dear member of Congress:

Right now, child care is unaffordable and inaccessible for too many families. Congress cannot support the economy and cannot lower costs without addressing the very real crisis of child care in America. Our nation succeeds when parents are given the opportunity to work while ensuring their children have access to the early education they need to thrive.

In addition to a crisis of cost and access, there is also a critical shortage of child care workers, who earn some of the lowest wages while providing care for our nation’s children. Families desperately need access to affordable, high-quality early learning in order to go to work and build good lives, which is why we urge you to co-sponsor and support the Child Care for Working Families Act.

Child care has long been and continues to be unaffordable and unattainable, which hurts families, businesses and the economy alike. In fact, according to 2022 data, the cost of child care has increased nearly 220 percent over the last three decades and since 1990, child care expenses have outpaced wages, groceries, and even housing. It is one of the most expensive items in family budgets.

The lack of child care is not only painful to the pockets of our families, it also hurts our economy. On average, the U.S. economy loses $122 billion dollars each year due to lost wages and revenues because workers can’t get the child care they need.

The Child Care for Working Families Act addresses this worsening national child care crisis by establishing a child care and early learning infrastructure ensuring working families can find and afford the child care they need to succeed in the workforce, and children can access the early education they need to thrive.

The Child Care for Working Families Act:

Makes child care more affordable for working families, by creating a federal-state partnership to provide financial assistance for working families with children ages 0-13
Expands access to preschool programs for 3 and 4 year olds, by providing funding to states to establish and expand a mixed-delivery system of high-quality preschool programs
Improves the quality and supply of child care for all children
Increases wages for child care workers, by ensuring that all child care workers are paid at least a living wage and earning parity with elementary school teachers with similar credentials and experience
Better support for Head Start programs, by providing the funding necessary to offer full-day, full-year programming

Our nation truly succeeds when parents and family succeed, so please support and pass the Child Care for Working Families Act!

Thank you,

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