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    Early Care & Education

    Working for quality, affordable childcare, preschool and early education support for all families who need it.

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    • “For the first nine month of my son's life I was lucky to have my mother watch him. When my mother decided to go back to school I had to find daycare. My husband and I are both employed full time, but we can barely afford childcare and we do not qualify for any assistance.”

      —Sara

      Oregon

    • “I've had to pay ridiculous amounts of tuition to find decent pre-K education. I look for small child to adult ratios and well-qualified teachers. I also like to see clean and attractive play spaces both indoors and outdoors...”

      —Bree

      Washington

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    A Day in the Life of a Working Mom

    Posted February 15th, 2012 by Michelle Noehren

    Hello MomsRising followers! So many of you enjoyed the CT Working Moms recent series about toxins that I want to share our latest series with you, A Day in the Life of a Working Mom (the brain child of our blogger Christa). Each day for the next 2 weeks one of our bloggers will take you [...]

    Counting Fathers as Babysitters: Why it Matters

    Posted February 12th, 2012 by Kristin Maschka

    Today’s mothers and fathers have an uphill battle. Here we are struggling to share parenting and employment in a world that still expects us to be in traditional family roles, and a government institution comes along to tell us that when dad takes care of the kids it’s “babysitting”, but when mothers do it, well, [...]

    Posted Under: E: Excellent Childcare

    The State of the States is…Masculine: Women Urgently Needed in State Legislatures!

    Posted February 8th, 2012 by Miriam Feffer

    With presidential primaries in full swing, each state stands to enjoy a moment in the spotlight.  As riveting as the recent political theatrics have been, the campaign season also underscores just how many important decisions are made at the state level.  From education to health care to workplace policy to environmental protection (our main focus at [...]

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