Susan Gale Perry

Chief Executive Officer, Child Care Aware of America

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

I know who I would pick for VP too @rfeinglos! 👀

[Rebecca Feinglos, MPP @rfeinglos]

I know who I would pick for VP 👀

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Thanks and kudos to @GMA for covering our nation's child care challenges so well! Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute!

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[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Thanks @AliRogin for a great interview! Time for action for #childcare! @ChildCareAware

[Ali Rogin @AliRogin]

Big thanks to @SusanGalePerry with @ChildCareAware for speaking with me about the upcoming COVID-era childcare funding cliff, and how states and lawmakers are working to preserve funding and fix the childcare industry more broadly https://t.co/pqSRCVhNDo

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Thanks @yahoolife - summer care is part of our bigger child care crisis. “The bottom line is that parents can’t afford to pay, teachers can’t afford to stay and our economy pays the price in lost productivity and fewer adults in the workforce” says Perry at @ChildCareAware

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Every singe thing about this is wonderful! So grateful to know and have worked alongside you, @DrMandyCohen!

[Samuel Cohen @samuel_c_cohen]

Some important family news:

My wife (@DrMandyCohen) is the most amazing person I know. She will be amazing as the next CDC director, just as she has been amazing in all of her previous roles.

I love you!

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[Kody Kinsley @KodyKinsley]

“Commerce experts say failing child care centers would hurt the state's economy. Debra Derr, the ⁦@NCChamber⁩ director for government affairs, says good child care is vital to support a good workforce.” https://t.co/SK3tbLsSN0

[Kody Kinsley @KodyKinsley]

@NC_Governor's budget transforms our system of care and supports, aligned with #Olmstead, for North Carolinians living with #disabilties.

- $17M to expand our Transitions to Community Living Initiative

- $10M to expand competitive integrated employment

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[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

@NC_Governor @ncdhhs The plan includes funding for more children’s and community services, telehealth and mobile services, and crisis and step-down facilities. The first step is Medicaid expansion, which connects more people to care. https://t.co/2xuAYZiPCO

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Yesterday @NC_Governor and @NCDHHS released a $1B roadmap to transform the behavioral health system. Our goal is to make care available when and where its needed, ahead of a crisis, and ultimately reduce the number of people in crisis

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

@DaveRichard53 OMG. Are you upping your Twitter game now, Dave? You could aspire to my paltry level…..

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

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[Alex Granados @agranadoster]

,@NC_Governor:
"A great workforce requires real investment from cradle to career, and it starts with early childhood education at quality childcare centers.”

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Huge progress for NC! Medicaid expansion deal reached between NC House and Senate https://t.co/F9y3oESukx

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

The child care workforce is critical to child & family well-being and our economy. Yet many child care businesses can’t compete with rising wages or afford to offer health insurance, so teachers can’t stay.

Expanding Medicaid helps child care at no cost to state taxpayers.

[NC Health News @NCHealthNews]

Without access to affordable #childcare, parents can’t run the #businesses that provide the services upon which we all depend.

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[Kody Kinsley @KodyKinsley]

Wages are rising across industries & childcare programs just can’t compete. Parents can’t afford to pay, and teachers can’t afford to stay.

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Yaaaass! Their future is OUR future!

[Kody Kinsley @KodyKinsley]

Investing #EarlyChildhood education is great for children and their families and great for the economy.

Whether we have children or not, high-quality child care is essential to everyone's future in North Carolina.

@Hunt_Institute @AspenAscend @jsiddiqi7

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Look familiar?! It’s long past time to break free from our own mental models, shooting inside the tent, and own our own destiny! #childcare #publicgood #firedup

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

So much love and respect for this woman @mcoxmitchell and shout out to @BainumFdn for helping to “Make the Ideal Real” and step into the future of early care and education! #childcare @NAEYC

[Susan Gale Perry @SusanGalePerry]

Identifying pain points in ECE from audience: “I left my job as an ECE teacher because my step-daughter was making more at Chick-Fil-A and I couldn’t afford to live.”