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North Carolina Moms Applaud Gov. Cooper for Prioritizing Child Care in His Budget Proposal

April 24, 2024
Early Care & Education, North Carolina

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Beth Messersmith, North Carolina Senior Director at MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, including 47,000 in North Carolina, on the budget proposal Governor Roy Cooper released this morning for the fiscal year beginning July 1:

“North Carolinians applaud Governor Roy Cooper for proposing significant investments to strengthen child care in his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. It is smart, finger-on-the-pulse budgeting to put resources into stabilizing our state’s child care sector and staving off a potentially catastrophic funding cliff as federal pandemic stabilization funds run out in June.

“With a $1.4 billion revenue surplus expected, we have the resources to avoid a child care crisis that would cost our state dearly. North Carolina moms strongly urge our state legislators to follow Governor Cooper’s lead and invest significant funds in child care right away. That’s an investment we urgently need and it would benefit moms, families, businesses, and our state’s public health and its economy. Child care investments deserve speedy support from the state legislature.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.