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Despite the challenges we're already facing, the Early Learning Nation community remains hopeful for the coming year. Read more of these inspirational meditations & tell us: What are you hopeful for in 2022?
https://bit.ly/ELNHope
Featuring: Mind in the Making, Bezos Family Foundation, When You Wonder, You're Learning, Enlightened, Inc., U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., ReadyNation, College of Education & Human Development, Georgia State University, The Hunt Institute, Council for a Strong America, Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Center for Public Partnerships & Research, Zaentz Early Education Initiative, YMCA of the USA
We know that working moms have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This new report by ReadyNation underscores just how critical access to affordable, quality childcare is to getting women back to work.
Allegheny County child care providers, business leaders, and advocates joined representatives of state legislative offices and members of the community on December 7, 2021 to release a new report from the nonprofit ReadyNation on the importance of protecting and strengthening home-based child care. Learn more:
November is #NationalFamilyLiteracyMonth 📚🥳 We're celebrating by sharing #FamilyReadingTips:
Tip 5 - READ BOOKS AGAIN & AGAIN! 📕📗📘
Reading the same book over and over can help your child focus on new words & story details ⬇️
ReadyNation Mission: Readiness Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California Fight Crime: Invest In Kids
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Home-based child care is essential for working families and the economy. A recent report by Ready Nation, Council for a Strong America, found that despite being essential for an economic recovery, the number of family child care homes has fallen 32 percent in Pennsylvania in recent years and nearly half of the more than 1,000 child care programs that have permanently closed since the onset of the pandemic are home-based providers.
#SolveChildCare #ChildCareIsEssential #FundChildCare ReadyNation Start Strong PA #BuildBackBetter
We were pleased to be part of a roundtable discussion this moring on the new ReadyNation report that details the importance of home-based child care to families and communities. The discussion included:
PA State Rep. Lynda Culver
Art Thomas, President, Meck-Tech, Inc. / Diversified Construction; Chair Early Learning Investment Committee of the Susquehanna River Region
Kurt Schertle, COO, Weis Markets
Denise Cressman, Family (home-based) Child Care Provider
Laura Rice, parent
Sara Lauver, Associate Director, PA Early Learning Investment Commission
Steve Doster, ReadyNation
Kimberly Eberly of PennAEYC
November is #NationalFamilyLiteracyMonth 📚🥳 We're celebrating by sharing #FamilyReadingTips: ReadyNation
Fight Crime: Invest In Kids Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California
November is #NationalFamilyLiteracyMonth 📚🥳 We're celebrating by sharing #FamilyReadingTips:
Tip 1 - ASK ENGAGING QUESTIONS 🧠
As you read with your child, pause every so often to ask a "wh-" questions: who, what, when, where, and why!
ReadyNation #StrongNationCA #ReadyNationCA #FightCrimeCA #MissionReady
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S. Mark Tyler, Chairman of OEM Fabricators and WECA supporter shares how the infant-toddler child care crisis impacts Wisconsin families and businesses in this latest blog post from ReadyNation. Read more here.
Yesterday, we announced the release of a new report from ReadyNation and United Way of Pennsylvania.
The report found that solving the nation’s child care crisis holds the key to bringing women back into the workforce and repairing the pandemic’s damage to the economy.
For our economy to stabilize and thrive, access to affordable, quality child care for working families remains a necessity.
Here is how you can take action:
Educate: Helping women return to work is key to economic recovery. The full ReadyNation report can be downloaded here:
https://bit.ly/3ASeVls. Please read and share.
Advocate: Let elected officials know that quality early education and child care are important investments. Take action now:
https://startstrongpa.org/sign-on-support-individuals. It will take less than 30 seconds and makes a big difference.
ICYMI, Watch the recording of our virtual lunch & learn now!
