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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising

10/28/22

Halloween is around the corner, and it's time to let our kids know they are the pick of the patch! Our state leaders have the opportunity (and duty!) to keep up the pace and continue to do big things for Washington’s youngest learners! Families like yours and mine are tired of tricks and no treats...

MomsRising Together

Mandy Kwan

kids together with a banner saying "let's advocate for our little learners"

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

10/26/22

Fall has arrived and while school, Halloween costume hunting, and pumpkin-picking are all in full swing, families are still having a hard time accessing affordable childcare. The good news is that for many families, there is now more access to affordable childcare than ever before! Can you help us...

MomsRising Education Fund

Mandy Kwan

Childcare & Early Education

10/25/22

It’s the spooky season – and the scariest thing I’ve seen this year isn’t ghouls, zombies, or vampires. The bone chilling fright this year is that Congress keeps ghosting us on child care solutions . After exploring solutions the last few years to fix our fragile child care system, our elected...

MomsRising Education Fund

Jeannina Perez

MomsVote

10/25/22

Ready, set, VOTE! There’s just two weeks until the 2022 General Election and it’s time to get ready to vote! Every election is a bright new chance for our country! We can make the future we want for our kids and our families. Put your mark on the map to show others that you’re voting. This will...

MomsRising Education Fund

Felicia Burnett

Health Care

10/24/22

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule to make it easier for people who are eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to get and stay enrolled in coverage. The newly proposed rule is critical because as of 2021, of...

MomsRising Education Fund

Tasmiha Khan

MomsRising

10/21/22

On the radio show this week we cover how (and why) to #RestoreRoe; where one fair wage & raising the minimum wage is on the ballot on the ways you can help; hear about a terrific new book, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change; and we also cover the new report,The Blame Game: How...

MomsRising Together

MomsRising

Food!

10/20/22

What an honor it was for me to attend the White House Conference on Hunger, Health, and Nutrition and represent MomsRising at this Sept. 28 event! Although the conference started at 9 am at the nearby Ronald Reagan Administrative Building, guests were asked to show up two hours early to go through...

MomsRising Education Fund

Jessica Burroughs

Childcare-Themed Halloween Coloring Sheet

Childcare & Early Education

10/19/22

October: a time for leaves changing, windy weather, and of course - Halloween! A great time of year for kids and their families alike to enjoy fun costumes, sweet treats, and the general spookiness of autumn. Something scarier than this upcoming holiday may be the state of child care in this...

MomsRising Education Fund

Hanna Addis

We Are MomsRising

Health Care

10/19/22

My name is Ansley, I live in NH, and I’m a proud stepmom. In the spring of 2021 our family lost employer provided health insurance due to slowdowns because of the pandemic. At about $2000 a month COBRA wasn’t an option for us on top of other bills we were juggling to pay. Like millions of other...

MomsRising Together

Nancy Glynn

We Are MomsRising

Health Care

10/19/22

My name is Amber MacQuarrie, I’m a single mom of two kids, and I would like to tell you what having access to healthcare has done for us. Healthcare is the reason my kids have a mother, at least twice over. It’s the reason my 9 year old daughter can now walk and no longer needs her wheelchair. It's...

MomsRising Together

Nancy Glynn