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Child Care 101: Child Care Deserts

August 12, 2024
En Español/Spanish Language Version Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care...
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Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month with MomsRising!

August 1, 2024
This August we are celebrating National Breastfeeding Month and this year's theme is - Nourish, Sustain, Thrive! We're still on top of the world celebrating the the rights that pregnant and pumping workers have in the workplace. You can learn (and share) about the legal protections for pregnant and...
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Quick signature: Medical Debt Doesn’t Belong on Your Credit Report!

August 1, 2024
Two-weeks ago, I got a panicked call from my teen son. He had dislocated his knee at Judo practice, couldn’t get up, and didn’t know what to do. I told him to call an ambulance, then I hopped in the car to go to him. As I drove there, I was—of course—extremely worried about my son, but, if I’m...
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Health Care Politics & Policy

Let's Address the Virus in the Room... Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19

July 31, 2024
[This blog post was updated the week of August 5, 2024.] As we approach the end of Disability Pride Month today, we want to give you a COVID-19 crash course on everything you need to know and more! The United States is currently seeing massive increases of COVID-19 cases , with one report...
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Childcare & Early Education

Nueva York necesita un cuidado infantil que funcione para las familias y los proveedores

July 19, 2024
Cuando mi primogénito tenía dos años descubrí una pequeña guardería encantadora que quedaba a unos diez minutos a pie de mi casa. Era perfecta: el horario funcionaba para nosotros, tenía educadores que hablaban español y le daban comida casera a mi hijo. ¡Incluso tenía un espacio al aire libre...
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Parenting & Families Social & Emotional Development

Another Solution to the Social Media Over-Use That’s Jeopardizing Kids’ Mental Health

July 19, 2024
By Jodi Grant and Delaney Ruston The calls to protect our kids from the harms caused by social media are intensifying. The Surgeon General issued an unprecedented call to put warning labels on social media platforms. Los Angeles’s Unified school District, the second largest school district in the...
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Childcare & Early Education

New York Needs Child Care to Work For Families and Providers

July 18, 2024
When my firstborn was two years old, I discovered a lovely little child care center that was about a 10 minute walk from my home. It was perfect: it had the hours that worked for us, it had Spanish-speaking educators, and fed my child home-cooked meals. It also had an outdoor space in the back! (If...
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Childcare & Early Education

Summer Survival: The Truth About Child Care We All Need to Hear

July 18, 2024
It’s summer time! The kids are out of school, and everyone’s frantically scrambling to find child care (fingers crossed), summer camps (thoughts & prayers, y’all), or just winging it (sending big hugs). Before all the summer madness, we took a deep dive into a topic that’s absolutely vital for...
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Childcare & Early Education

Sign to Tell Congress Playing Child Care Bingo is No Fun.

July 8, 2024
Summer is here and our kiddos are out of school and while it may be all fun and games for them, parents are often stuck scrambling to find child care options before the summer season even begins. While kids may be happy about it – summer often sends parents into a spiral that starts way before the...
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What is the MomsRising RISER Parent Leadership Program? – Applications are Open Now!

July 1, 2024
The RISERS program will help participants learn how our federal government works, how they can advocate for their communities for family-friendly policies, and have access to opportunities to put those skills into practice to create change. They learn how to share their stories, talk to lawmakers, mobilize their fellow parents, and become leaders in their own communities.
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