Congress must take action to extend pandemic-era child care supports put in place under the American Rescue Plan Act.
We also know that the pain caused by a lack of supports is not evenly felt. The child care system disproportionately relies on Black, Brown and immigrant women to care for children — women who often go unseen and unappreciated. They are often underpaid, under-resourced, and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of physical and emotional labor inherent in their jobs. But few are rushing to a megaphone to outline their plight.
We know that all children deserve a safe place to be nurtured, educated and stimulated, and that people who work with children deserve to be paid a decent wage. We need a child care system that is affordable for every family but is also a stable career path for child care educators. That’s not possible without adequate government funding for early childhood educators.
Extending collective bargaining rights to care workers is also necessary so those closest to the work can strengthen the sector. Most importantly, we would like to see our state of Ohio increase reimbursement rates to the federal government’s recommended 75 percent; currently Ohio has some of the lowest reimbursement rates in the U.S. at 25 percent.
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