DC Early Learning Collaborative

Advocating for Early Childhood professionals across the city

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

I just wrote a letter: Thank the Councilmembers Who Voted to Save I-82!. Write one here: https://t.co/E9HvhMUfwp

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

Quality child care is essential for children and for parents striving to balance work and family. @eleanornorton protect the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) in the final tax package and make it easier for families to pay for child care.

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

@eleanornorton Protecting the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) is pro-child, pro-family, and pro-work. Don’t make it harder for families to pay for the child care they need. Include the CDCTC in the final tax package.

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

The House Ways and Means Committee chose not to support US families by voting for the Child and Dependent Care tax credit. We have a tight budget but families with children really need a break in this economy.

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

May 8,2025 is the day we show appreciation to child development professionals in DC.They spend their days teaching our babies and young children a range of skills from properly blowing their noses to how letters of the alphabet form words like STOP and GO. They model and teach .

[DC Action @WeAreDCAction]

Our exec director Kim Perry said the $1B in budget cuts “would be detrimental to the District, a jurisdiction that, despite the high cost of #childcare, has been responsive to the needs of working parents.” #WashingtonDC

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

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This is critical because the house is also specifically targeting the DC city budget for a billion dollar cut ( no relationship to the Federal Budget- just because we are not a State).

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Tell Congress: Fund Care Not Billionaires!. Sign here: https://t.co/DBjbTMKwkc

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

Congress, It is time to “Think Babies” and ensure that your vote helps rather than restricts their health,nutrition, and well-being,

[Under 3 DC @Under3DC]

💡Did you know? The average family in #WashingtonDC spends 26% of their income on child care. Expanding subsidized care can open opportunities for 12K+ infants and toddlers. It’s time to make affordable, high-quality #childcare a reality for every family. Discover our solutions here: https://t.co/wgYIb9OzJi

[Under 3 DC @Under3DC]

“Quality, affordable, accessible #childcare supports higher employment and full-time work hours, reduces poverty, and reduces socioeconomic disparities in employment and early care and education,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

[Under 3 DC @Under3DC]

“Daycare is our second biggest expense, after our mortgage,” reveals @Under3DC parent advocate Danielle Geong of #WashingtonDC.
https://t.co/a1SWDxrVw8

[Start Early @StartEarlyorg]

In her new op-ed “More Attacks on DEI, Just Mean More Harm for Young Children” Start Early’s @DrDemiSiskind discusses that though bans on DEI initiatives are especially harmful for Black & Brown children, they're dangerous for all young children: https://t.co/wnp7CvfH37

[Early Care and Education Consortium @ECEConsortium]

Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new child care plan Tuesday that proposes that working families would not pay more than 7% of their income for child care. https://t.co/tgPJZvqio3

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

@AnneTheAnalyst Thank you Ms Gunderson for your critical analyses.

[DC Early Learning Collaborative @dcelccollab]

@AnneTheAnalyst Child Care is a “Public Good” it impacts us all.

[Anne Gunderson @AnneTheAnalyst]

Investing an additional $139 million in child care subsidies to allow all DC families access would create 3,097 new jobs, boost earnings for District workers by $1.4 billion, and grow the overall size of the DC economy by $1.65 billion.

[Anne Gunderson @AnneTheAnalyst]

Access to child care allows more people, especially women, to work, it frees up family budgets, and increases the $ child care providers have to hire more staff & improve their facilities.

[Anne Gunderson @AnneTheAnalyst]

The lack of affordable quality child care in the District is a crisis. Addressing this crisis with expanded access to child care subsidies would be a massive boon not just for families and children, but for the entire District economy. https://t.co/aX0luO3Lkw

[Anne Gunderson @AnneTheAnalyst]

How can DC grow its economy? By expanding affordable child care. In the first year alone DC’s economy would grow by $1.7 billion, if all families had access. Want to know more? Check out my new report: https://t.co/CXqhAYUDq0 🧵