Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care
Addressing the child care crisis and the need for high-quality, affordable child care across America is something families have struggled with for far too long. This is why we are excited to introduce our Moms’ Seal of Approval on Child Care! Our Moms’ Seal holds candidates for public office accountable to commit to truly stand with families by putting forward policies that meet the Mom Child Care Platform outlined below to earn MomsRising’s Moms’ Seal of Approval on Child Care.
Candidates who receive the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care commit to working in partnership with families and providers to advance child care policy change that upholds 3 core components of comprehensive solutions:
AFFORDABILITY
Every family has access to publicly-supported affordable, high-quality early learning opportunities for children birth to school age. Ensures families, at a minimum, pay no more than $10 a day on childcare with most paying less or nothing.
Examples ⇒
- Creates universal access to high-quality early learning opportunities for children birth to school age.
- Ensures families pay no more than 7% of their household income on childcare (through a sliding scale) regardless of how many children they have.
ACCESSIBILITY
Families have the freedom to find and choose the childcare setting that matches their families’ needs regardless of zip code.
Examples ⇒
- Supports parents having a meaningful choice in care providers that meets their family’s needs – whether that be a center or family childcare home, friend, relative, or neighbor, or at home; and provides easy to access to information on programs including quality, standards, and key components in one place for families to evaluate program options that meet their needs.
- Ensures every neighborhood, from rural to urban communities, has high-quality childcare with enriching programming, with appropriate ratios, outdoor areas for safe play and access to nutritious food and snacks.
- Includes flexible, hourly drop-in, and wider coverage options for working families with evening, weekend, and overnight care needs.
QUALITY
Child care educators are compensated with family-sustaining wages and benefits and are surrounded by resources and support to ensure quality early childhood experience for all children.
Examples ⇒
- Provides for a diverse, well-trained, and fairly compensated workforce that reflects the children and families they serve, and supports positive and consistent interactions between caregivers, parents, and children with adequate paid time for professional development and alternative pathways to certification.
- Focuses on the whole child with attention to social-emotional development.
- Honors and supports home culture and language.
- Authentically engages and partners with families and meets the needs of each family to meaningfully engage in their child’s care and education.
- Eliminates and sets forth alternatives to punitive and biased disciplinary practices like the use of suspensions, and expulsions, restraint, and seclusion.
- Leads with an equity framework by integrating training and support on trauma informed care, early childhood mental health supports, early supports and services for children with disabilities, supporting dual language learners.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an endorsement?
No, this is not an endorsement. The Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care denotes that a candidate has committed to being a child care champion looking at comprehensive solutions during their campaign and, if elected, while serving in office, and will work in partnership with families to address the child care crisis and solve child care.
Can only one candidate in a race get the Seal?
All candidates in a race are eligible to receive the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care. Any candidate running for President or Congressional office may earn the Seal by committing to be a child care champion through committing to be a child care champion as laid out in the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care commitment guidelines.
How was the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care Developed?
First launched in the 2016 election as the Child Care Challenge, the Moms' Seal of Approval for Child Care builds off the mom-built, mom-approved “Child Care Challenge” that identifies the full scope of comprehensive child care solutions needed as identified by MomsRising and MamásConPoder members in leadership programs, listening sessions, surveys, testimonies, and parent to parent conversations.
How can I get involved?
Click here to urge your local candidates to earn the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care.
Click here to sign our petition urging candidates to earn the Moms' Seal of Approval on Child Care.
Share your excitement about our #ChildCareSeal campaign on social media and tag us (@momsrising)!
Who has earned the Seal so far?
Here is an ongoing list of candidates who earned our Moms’ Seal of Approval on Child Care:
Presidential
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Vice President and Presidential Candidate, Kamala Harris
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Governor of Minnesota and Vice Presidential Candidate, Tim Walz
U.S. Senate
- President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate Patty Murray, U.S. Senator, WA
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Candidate for U.S. Senate, FL
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator, MA
- Elissa Slotkin, Michigan Candidate for U.S. Senate, MI
- Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator, NM
- Jacky Rosen, U.S. Senator, NV
- Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator, NY
- Bob Casey, U.S. Senator, PA
- Tim Kaine, U.S. Senator, VA
- Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator in Congress (Chairman of the HELP Committee), VT
U.S. House of Representatives
- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative, CA-11
- Judy Chu, U.S. Representative, CA-28
- Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative (Leader of the Dads’ Caucus), CA-34
- Sara Jacobs, U.S. Representative, CA-51
- Rosa L. DeLauro, U.S. Representative, CT-03
- Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, U.S. Representative CT-05
- Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Florida Candidate for U.S. Representative, FL-10
- Whitney Fox, Florida Candidate for U.S. Representative, FL-13
- Lois Frankel, U.S. Representative, FL-22
- Patti Hewitt, U.S. Representative, GA-01
- Nikema Williams, U.S. Representative, GA-05
- Darrius Butler, U.S. Representative, GA-08
- Jill Tokuda, U.S. Representative, HI-02
- Christina Bohannan, Iowa Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, IA-01
- Lauren Underwood, U.S. Representative, IL-14
- Sharice Davids, U.S. Representative, KS - 03
- Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, U.S. Representative, MA-05
- Ayanna Pressley, U.S. Representative, MA - 07
- Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Representative (Leader of the Mamas’ Caucus), MI - 13
- Monica Tranel, Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, MT 01
- Nigel Bristow, NC Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NC - 09
- Caleb Rudow, NC Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NC - 11
- Frank Pierce, NC Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NC - 13
- Alma Adams, U.S. Representative, NC-12
- Dina Titus, U.S. Representative, NV-01
- Steven Horsford, U.S. Representative, NV-04
- Grace Meng, U.S. Representative, NY-04
- Dan Goldman, U.S. Representative, NY-10
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Representative, NY-14
- Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. Representative, OR-01
- Susan Wild, U.S. Representative, PA-07
- Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative, TX-20
- Robert Scott, U.S. Representative, VA-03
- Suzan DelBene, U.S. Representative, WA-01
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, U.S. Representative, WA-03
- Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative, WA-07
- Kim Schrier, U.S. Representative, WA-08
- Adam Smith, U.S. Representative, WA-09
State & Local Candidates
- London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco, CA
- Scott Wiener, California State Senate, District 11
- Catherine Stefani, Candidate for California State Assembly, District 19
- Tara Sreekrishnan, Candidate for California State Assembly, District 26
- Christy Lam-Julian, Candidate for Pinole City Council, At Large, CA
- Ashwin Ramaswami, Georgia State Senate, District 48
- Farooq Mughal, Georgia House of Representatives, District 105
- Angie Nixon, Florida State Senate, District 14
- Anna V. Eskamani, Florida State Senate, District 42
- Andi Poli, Candidate for Florida House of Representatives, District 84
- Norma Schwartz, Candidate for Florida House of Representatives, District 115
- Liz Boldon, Minnesota State Senate, District 25
- Becky Edwards, Montana State House of Representatives, District 61
- Josh Stein, Candidate for North Carolina Governor, NC
- Jeff Jackson, Candidate for North Carolina Attorney General, NC
- Rachel Hunt, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, NC
- Sydney Batch, North Carolina State Senate, District 17
- Graig Meyer, North Carolina State Senate, District 23
- Ronda Mays, North Carolina State Senate, District 31
- Julie von Haefen, Candidate for North Carolina State House, District 36
- Safiyah Jackson, Candidate for North Carolina State House, District 37
- Amy Taylor North, North Carolina State House, District 74
- Eric Ager, North Carolina State House, District 114
- David Preece, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 17
- Megan Murray, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 37
- Mary Wallner, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 19
- Patricia Turner, Candidate for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rochester Ward 1
- Alexis Simpson, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 33
- Kathleen MacLeod, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 6
- David Herman, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 7
- Amy Malone, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 9
- Loren Selig, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 10
- Wendy Chase, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 18
- Daniel Fitzpatrick, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 19
- Jessica Ramos, Candidate for New York Mayor
- Michael Gianaris, New York State Senate, District 12
- Samra Brouk, New York State Senate, District 55
- Michaelle C. Solages, New York State Assembly, District 22
- Andrew Hevesi, New York State Assembly, District 28
- Jessica González-Rojas, New York State Assemblywoman, District 34
- Michelee “Shelly” Cruz-Crawford, Candidate for Nevada State Senate, District 1
- Daniele Monroe-Moreno, Nevada Assembly District 1
- Ron Nelsen, Candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 2
- Ryan Hampton, Candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 4
- Brittney Miller, Nevada State Assembly, District 5
- Jovan Jackson, Nevada Assembly, District 6
- Tanya Flanagan, Candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 7
- Duy Nguyen, Nevada State Assembly, District 8
- Dallas Harris, Nevada State Senate, District 11
- Cinthia Moore, Candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 11
- Erica Mosca, Nevada State Assembly, District 14
- Howard Watts, Nevada State Assembly, District 15
- Cecelia Gonzalez, Nevada State Assembly, District 16
- Venicia Considine, Nevada State Assembly, District 18
- Elaine Marzola, Nevada Assembly District 21
- Erica Roth, Candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 24
- Selena La Rue Hatch, Nevada State Assembly, District 25
- Angie Taylor, Candidate for Nevada State Senate, District 27
- Natha Anderson, Nevada State Assembly, District 30
- Sharifa Wahab, Candidate for Nevada Assembly District 35
- Bob Ferguson, Candidate for Washington State Governor
- Melissa Colagrosso, Candidate for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 51
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