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Head Start: 🐣 Boosts kids’ outcomes 🗣️ Centers families' preferences 🏠 Grows community & supports parents 💰 Strengthens state and local economies Read more to learn more about Head Start & how you can advocate to protect it. americanprogress.org/article/debunk…

📢A pro-early childhood budget is a pro-growth budget. ☎️Call your Councilmembers today at (202) 724-8000 to urge them to invest in early childhood programs like the #PayEquityFund and childcare subsidy in FY26 and beyond. dub.sh/SmdvVFw

New: The future of DC's well-regarded program delivering pay raises for childcare workers is (once again!) uncertain, thanks to Bowser's budget. The pay equity fund runs out of money after 2026 in her proposal. And lawmakers expect they won't find the funding to change that.

🚨 The "Big Beautiful Bill" could mean 12M people lose Medicaid and 2M lose SNAP, per U.S. CBO. If these programs have helped your family stay healthy or fed, now’s the time to share your story. 📞 Call your Member of the House of Reps TODAY at (202) 225‑3121.

Thanks for covering this important but under-discussed issue - DC’s early childhood programs are under attack in the Mayor’s budget and this needs to be fixed by the DC Council if we want to maintain the child care market

Thank you Phil Mendelson for proposing an increase to Pay Equity Fund and child care subsidy funding for next year 🙌

Thank you to Councilmember Wendell Felder for meeting with our Parent and Teacher Ambassadors today to discuss FY26 investments in the #PayEquityFund and childcare subsidy. We’re grateful for your leadership on early childhood issues! #DCgov #DCbudget

"There are a lot of changes happening on the federal level, but [that's no] reason to sacrifice our educators or the future of our children." - Educare DC parent ambassador. Funding for programs & services that support children & families MATTERS! bit.ly/4m5t1HZ

Thank you to DC News Now for having our Director of Public Affairs on this morning! "There's decades worth of research that shows that children who participate in Head Start have better health outcomes, better employment outcomes." #StandforHeadStart dcnewsnow.com/video/uncertai…

Choosing where to send your children for child care can be a tough decision. Researchers from several universities partnered with leadership from Somerville Public Schools to study what child care arrangements families choose, how and why families make these decisions, and what