Olivia Allen

Tweets about tax policy, public funding for children & youth, and the oxford comma. Opinions my own! She/they

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

In 2018, @elizgaines and I took a leap and started @FundOurKids. 5 years later, we are a 24-person team, including an incredible comms trio that put together this report highlighting our impact (so far!) Cheers to many more years of funding our kids! https://t.co/9L0bp5c39U

[Tazra Mitchell @TazraMitchell]

"Bowser’s budget cuts reinforce slave-era beliefs that Black and brown child care labor do not deserve fair compensation." LaDon, ED of @SPACEsInAction

[Children's Funding Project @FundOurKids]

Extra! Extra! Our co-founder @oallendesign is a source in this @hechingerreport story, speaking on the motivation behind trends in new funding initiatives for children.

#FundourKids #InThePress
https://t.co/wLYJEIhg4Y

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"Private investors are intrigued by child care for the same reasons they became interested in nursing homes and other health-care services: intense demand, government money, and relatively low start-up costs," @AdamHSays writes: https://t.co/wpUwPRLr45

[Children's Funding Project @FundOurKids]

This year's Children's Funding Champion award goes to...the members of the @YESforNOLAkids campaign!

Read about their inspirational story to add 2000 new, high quality #ECE slots here. Congratulations!
https://t.co/6pMUXRcyBU

[William Julius Wilson Institute @WJWInstitute]

Olivia Allen of @FundOurKids explains Strategic Public Financing. What you need to know:

✅ How much funding supports your goals right now?
✅ How much will it cost to fund your goals?
✅ How do you fill the gap between current funding & fully funding your goals?

#PowerOfPlace

[Cynthia Mendes @Cynthia_Mendes_]

Friendly reminder that #Netflix continues its avoid paying taxes! Reporting a fed corp income tax rate of 1.1% on $5.3 billion in profits. They avoided over $1 billion in taxes in 2021 alone.
Bad timing? Too soon? 😂 #TaxNetflix #taxtherich #loveisblind https://t.co/VuGB08vXFU

[Children's Funding Project @FundOurKids]

(1/3) Voter-approved children’s funds work! ☑ Our new video explains what children’s funds are, how they work, how they impact communities, and the importance of funding kids’ programs and services. Watch the video: https://t.co/YaqlaDNrtY

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

@jenniferkingson @axios If you're covering child care in multiple settings, let's go ahead and call it what it is.

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

I would love to know the logic behind @axios continuously referring to child care issues as "babysitting" issues in headlines... @jenniferkingson
1 big thing: Babysitting costs skyrocket https://t.co/FKUVwJcujl #axioswhat'snext

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

@jenniferkingson @axios Thanks for your response. However, Urbansitter itself refers to itself as "Solutions for every child care and household need," you refer to it as a "child care matching service," & and you go on to use child care, day care, caregiving, nannies, and babysitting interchangeably.

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

Big jump in voter support for increased public funding for afterschool programs! "8 IN 10 VOTERS want newly elected federal, state, and local
leaders to provide more funding for afterschool programs. " https://t.co/9JoJTYg1eT

[Afterschool Alliance @afterschool4all]

JUST RELEASED: What do voters think about afterschool?

Check out our newest brief to see more on voter priorities and perceptions about afterschool. https://t.co/Nq3wrSnbKu

[Rebecca Gale @Beckgale]

The boom for construction work is facing a labor shortage. So what’s helping to solve for this? CHILD CARE. My latest piece for @EarlyLearnNatn on how child care is saving the construction industry in Oregon. A THREAD.
https://t.co/eAh6EwB0tq

[Kathryn Anne Edwards @keds_economist]

This is the three-month rolling average of employed workers who are not at work due to child care issues. It spikes at the start of the pandemic, declines slowly for two years, and then starts spiking again in April 2022.

We are at levels now not seen since the fall of 2020.

[Children's Funding Project @FundOurKids]

For a breakdown of kids-related ballot measures in states across the country, check out this new @ChronicleSC podcast interview with our strategy director, @oallendesign. https://t.co/jtmZkLtjqP

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

You can't convince me that the income tax brackets in some states aren't an actual joke. Like, Virginia, come on, what is the point of having 4 income tax brackets if the TOP BRACKET IS $17,000?

[Children's Funding Project @FundOurKids]

For a breakdown of kids-related ballot measures in states across the country, check out this new @ChronicleSC podcast interview with our strategy director, @oallendesign. https://t.co/jtmZkLbI2f

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Imagine if, rather than having a public school system, we told parents it was up to them to secure and finance K12 education on their own. And that if they couldn’t afford it then maybe they just shouldn’t have had a child. For many this is our current reality from birth-five.

[Olivia Allen @oallendesign]

A HUGE majority of New Mexico voters said yes to investing $150 million in early childhood on the ballot yesterday. This summer it was an easy decision for us to be an early contributor to this campaign and the coalition that made it happen. https://t.co/3sxqnGXMNh