Vote Yes On 5 to support a $15 million investment in RI's childcare facilities, to get our kids off to a great start, and to support our working families!
Thank you and congratulations! Question 5, The Early Care and Education Capital Fund, was approved by Rhode Island voters.
Also, Question 3, relating to Affordable Housing, was approved.
We look forward to seeing the benefits from these historic investments in our families.
Question 5 wins! Thank you Rhode Island for voting YES to investing in our child care facilities so they can upgrade, grow, and add seats to serve more kids and working families!
Today is the day! Vote yes on 5 and demonstrate our shared committmemt to our early childhood workforce and the kids and families who rely on them!
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#VoteYesOn5 today to invest in child care + working families! This critical investment will grow the number of child care seats available in RI so we can get our state's working mothers back to work + provide our young children with the quality early learning spaces they deserve.
NEW: Before the pandemic hit last year, roughly the same number of women and men were employed in RI
That changed quickly; women lost more jobs, and faster. And they haven't recovered
A look at the data and the stories behind the numbers w/ @Eli_Sherman
https://t.co/0qAR0rfS1i
It's Election Day! #VoteYesOn5 to invest in Rhode Island's kids and working families. Find your polling location here: https://t.co/nqgwyGUZIi - Polls close at 8:00 PM.
Emergency in-person voting runs through March 1st at 4pm. Voters can visit their city/town hall’s board of canvassers to cast an emergency in-person ballot. Emergency in-person voting is available in all 39 city/town halls across the state: https://t.co/ASGETltjjh #ElectionReady
Voting YES on Question 5 means investing in child care programs like Cadence Academy in Lincoln (pictured here) so they can upgrade their facilities, grow and serve more RI kids + working families. #VoteYesOn5!
Letter: Question 5 will support working families https://t.co/Mp5qmfRvqO via @eastbayri "Question 5 will help support working families, + support child care providers’ ability to remain open to meet our community’s needs. It is more important than ever to invest in childcare."
Early childhood educators deserve great spaces to help our young children learn and grow. #VoteYesOn5 to invest $15 million in child care facilities across Rhode Island so they can upgrade learning spaces, expand, and serve more kids and working families!
We know that early learning experiences, which occur in high-quality child care settings, are essential to providing children with a strong pathway in school and life. #VoteYesOn5 to invest $15 million to expand + improve learning environments in child care programs across RI.
A vote for Question 5 is a vote for the future of our children. We need more investments in Rhode Island’s child care and early learning facilities so they can serve more working families and provide our kids with the high-quality learning experiences they deserve. @VoteYesOn5RI
.@TheStoryShorey has the story on how Joyful Hearts Childcare Center in Pawtucket wants to grow to serve more kids and working families, and why passage of #VoteYesOn5 would help them achieve that goal. https://t.co/1DArC5ZNjA via @TheValleyBreeze
.@VoteYesOn5RI kickoff for March 2 ballot question to raise $15 million via bond issue for “high quality” early childhood facilities. Althea Street Center mom Ana Echevarria de Saquic makes an appeal. -SK #WPRO
COVID-19 has shined a bright light on the importance of our early childhood education for families and their children. Now it’s time for us to make the investments in this system to provide quality care and education to all kids. @VoteYesOn5RI on March 2, 2021.
For the March 2 special referendum election 57 in-person voting locations will be available with 114 voting machines deployed across the state. Not sure where to vote in-person on March 2, visit https://t.co/4Gs5DSiAPB or https://t.co/ects9SVlP3. #ElectionReady
This Thursday at 7pm we'll be talking about #VoteYesOn5 as a panelist on @commoncauseri's Demystifying Democracy: What's on the ballot? Learn about the 7 questions for the March election. Register here: https://t.co/9COxGEDlPI