Concentration in low-paying industries and lack of education and career training mean Latinas earn 44% of what white men are paid.
The former chief executive proposed deep cuts to child care and aid for low-income families while Project 2025 calls for the elimination of Head Start.
Advocates say significant cuts to mental health and employment services highlight a failure to inform CalWorks recipients about available services.
Participants who received an average of $850 per month used it for paying bills, reducing debt and improving credit.
With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.
Without public support, workers are quitting, and parents and providers are desperate.
The August 20 closure comes — ironically — as state and federal lawmakers invest heavily in early childhood care and education.
Trump’s policies have harmed women, say critics. But his handling of COVID may be what sends them running.
An organizing drive seeks higher pay and better funding and services for children and families who rely on subsidized child care.
Co-published by The Guardian
Months after the federal shutdown, a Detroit childcare worker still struggles to make up for lost pay.
Researchers say low provider pay and low quality care are endemic to California’s patchwork childcare industry.
Daycare and home care-giving “are a public good and need to be treated as a public good,” says Ken Jacobs, chair of UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education.
Research that shows early childhood education can profoundly impact the future success of children. But early childhood educators are still chronically underpaid.
Lovell Estell III: Will a major university be without childcare services?
Co-published by TIME.
Alissa Quart reports on how parents are navigating the increasingly expensive and unequal world of daycare.
Every January, our state celebrates the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a hero who sacrificed his life in the fight to end discrimination and poverty in America. In this respect, it seems appropriate that January is also the month when our Governor releases his budget proposal. The State Budget is more than numbers; it reflects our collective priorities and funds what is most important. Sadly, this budget proposal fails to honor Dr. King and his fight for justice. Within the Governor’s proposal are further cuts to critical social service programs. There is no clearer or more tragic example of this disinvestment than our state’s willingness to cut access to state-sponsored child care for low income families. In the name of justice and equality, we ask the Governor to fully fund child care to ensure universal access to all and quality work conditions for providers.
Currently we have more than 300,000 children languishing on waiting lists,