Danielle Ewen

Personal account. Formerly @EdCounselDC, lifelong early childhood advocate, and baseball lover (go Nats!) All opinions my own.

[Emily Badger @emilymbadger]

The modal American renter facing eviction is a very small child: https://t.co/nGQpVNtlnC

[Gates Foundation @gatesfoundation]

“There isn’t anything political about wanting a mom to survive childbirth or for a baby to survive its first day.” - @MelindaGates
https://t.co/D4M0bq3ifC

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A new analysis suggests the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program positively affects not just children but also their families, tying subsidized child-care meals to better child health and lower rates of household food insecurity. https://t.co/aBQL8ekAlk

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

A Nationals Treasure.

[ACF @ACFHHS]

This week, @HHSGov, through @ACFHHS, announced a new proposed rule that will help more families access the child care they need and better support child care providers in the essential work they do for communities across the country.
Press release: https://t.co/Bkgnxj051Z

[ACF @ACFHHS]

The Department of Labor is investing $15M to improve job quality and address challenges in training for critical sectors including early care and education #workforce! Applications are due July 17.  Learn more about implementation grant opportunities. https://t.co/u8zFWOYxTY

[EdTrust @EdTrust]

How has your state implemented social, emotional & academic development (#SEAD) policies? Learn how your state compares to others in our 50-state #SEAD policy scan: https://t.co/xT9cXk6bug

[ACLU @ACLU]

Today is the first day the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act takes effect, providing pregnant people with much needed protections in the workplace.

No worker should have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.

[Democratic Women's Caucus @DemWomenCaucus]

TUNE IN: Join us live for a shadow hearing, "The State of Child Care in America: Addressing the Looming Funding Cliffs for Women and Families."

https://t.co/A8xbWiiBCu

[NAEYC @NAEYC]

“I knew then, and still know now, that child care matters, that my work is essential to our society, and that we are part of the too-often invisible but always very important backbone of our country’s economy.” - @CarolinaRAIBCC testifying today before the @DemWomenCaucus

[Lauren Hogan @llhogan7]

More than 120 million rounds of applause for a bill that will “change the lives of thousands of Vermonters & is a monumental step forward for our state in addressing the ongoing child care crisis.” ⁦YES! Congrats to all! @LetsGrowKids⁩ #VTAEYC 👏🥰 https://t.co/RCrfUAikkM

[Sherrod Brown @SenSherrodBrown]

In my role on the Ag Committee, I’m always looking for ways to help Ohio farmers and rural communities. One problem I hear about often is the lack of child care options.

Our bill would fix that.

[Callan Wells @CallanGEEARS]

Yesterday included a visit to the White House Executive Office to discuss the needs of young children and families in Georgia. Thanks to @4earlysuccess for the opportunity!

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Reminder: SNAP is linked to better health & lower health care costs.

Low-income adults participating in SNAP report better health & incur an average of about $1,400 - nearly 25% - less in medical costs in a year than low-income non-participants.
https://t.co/uGBEeVOXUI

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Congress must act before critical child care funding runs out on September 30th. Senator @PattyMurray and I just released a major report on what will happen if it does. Here’s what we found:

[Danielle Ewen @EwenDanielle]

Experts Make the Urgent Case: ‘Child Care is a Public Good’ – The 74 https://t.co/DEB6iqy5kT

[NAEYC @NAEYC]

.@lisamurkowski talks about the workforce crisis Alaskans are facing b/c 61% of individuals live in a child care desert. This is true in Alaska and across communities in this country. It is time for Congress to make the significant investment we know is needed to #SolveChildCare

[Danielle Ewen @EwenDanielle]

Thank you @lisamurkowski for laying out why we need to #solvechildcare — issues of affordability, how to better compensate educators, lack of choice in child care deserts and why we need a federal solution.

[Hailey Gibbs, PhD @haileymgibbs]

Desperately needed public investments that:

💸 support educators’ wages
📚 fund quality improvements
🏡 boost family affordability
🚼 engage children in enriching early learning experiences

do not a “gov’t run child care regime” make.

#SolveChildCare

[Danielle Ewen @EwenDanielle]

And…we know states are spending the money on good things—higher rates, lower copays, increased compensation. #solvechildcare

[Stephanie Schmit @SCSchmit]

There is all this talk about the challenges states faced in implementing the child care relief dollars like challenges are a bad thing. Just because something was challenging, doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. There is a lot of positive learning and growth in challenges.