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Cuts to Child Care – Breaking Hearts and Pocketbooks

February 6, 2026
Washington lawmakers are sitting down and considering massive budget cuts to our state’s child care and early learning programs while families are making very difficult budget decisions at our own kitchen tables.
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Sara Alcid
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There's never been a better time for a Millionaires Tax!

February 4, 2026
This week, a meaningful opportunity for Washington State to fix its inequitable tax code and stabilize our state’s overall health was introduced in the legislature. This Millionaires Tax (HB 2725/SB 6346) will be a major structural shift in the direction of fairness and tax justice. It asks millionaires to pay a little more while we bolster sufficient funding for essential programs and become less reliant on regressive taxes like the sales and property tax.
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Join our VIRTUAL Teach-In: Supporting Immigrant Students and Families in Hostile School Environments!

May 21, 2025
In today’s polarized political climate, supporting immigrant students in public schools is more critical than ever. As national debates around immigration grow increasingly heated, schools, which should be safe places of learning and belonging, can unintentionally mirror the hostility, fear, and...
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Tell Congress to Support the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act — Senate Bill 4297

April 29, 2026
Public schools provide the foundation for our communities, yet a federal voucher scheme currently siphons vital resources away from neighborhood classrooms to line the pockets of wealthy donors. Sens. Mark Kelly and Mazie Hirono recently introduced the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act (S. 4297) to repeal this unaccountable program and return those dollars to our children. Your advocacy forces Congress to prioritize neighborhood schools, protects resources for teachers and counselors, and ensures that students with disabilities receive the specialized support they deserve.
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West Virginia Passes Landmark Child Care Law — A Massive Win for Families

April 17, 2026
After five years of showing up — at the Capitol, in committee rooms, through hundreds of calls and emails — West Virginia families have won a major victory for child care. On April 2, 2026, House Bill 4191 became law, and it's the most comprehensive child care legislation our state has ever seen.
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Tell Congress: No Cuts to Health Care and Child Care to Fund War — Stop the "Big, Ugly Bill 2.0"

April 13, 2026
The administration has released a 2027 budget proposal that threatens to slash funding for essential family programs like health care and child care. MomsRising is mobilizing to stop "Reconciliation 2.0" — a legislative process that would divert taxpayer dollars away from our communities to fund historic military increases and human rights abuses.
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Our Tax Dollars, Our Families: Show Congress the Real-World Receipts of the Affordability Crisis

April 13, 2026
As the 2027 budget proposal threatens deep cuts to health care and child care to fund military spending, MomsRising is launching a national receipts campaign. We are collecting the real monthly costs families pay for essential needs to create a giant visual record for lawmakers this Mother’s Day.
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LIVE from Pennsylvania: The Real State of Our Union Town Hall with MomsRising and the Democratic Women's Caucus

March 19, 2026
MomsRising is on the ground in Carlisle, PA, for a powerful community town hall to share the Real State of Our Union for women, workers, and families. Our Pennsylvania Town Hall begins today at 5:30-8:00 PM ET .
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Hop, Skip, and Jump to it, Congress–Families Demand HHS Unfreeze the Child Care Cuts!

February 26, 2026
When the MomsRising MOMbassador team invited me to attend a Senate hearing on the Hill about child care fund freezes, I thought to myself, what do I as a stay at home mom have to add to this discussion? What can I learn from the experience and how can I move public policy further for families?...
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Mother-Loving Advocacy Affirmations for 2026

February 24, 2026
Advocacy and power building are a marathon of community care – not a sprint! We created some mother-loving advocacy affirmations to help nurture and fuel your change-making in Washington State, this year and beyond.
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