Media Center and Reports
Media Center
2023
- EdSource: Reactions to the governor’s early education budget proposals | EdSource
- LA Times: Daycare isn’t an easy answer to California’s child care crisis – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
- Union Tribune: Can San Francisco’s “baby Prop C” tax help fix child care? – The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)
2022
- CalMatters: https://calmatters.org/children-and-youth/2022/10/subsidized-child-care/
- San Francisco Examiner: Who carries the biggest child care burden in San Francisco? | News | sfexaminer.com
2021
- SacBee: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article249672143.html
- Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/06/opinion-covid-economic-recovery-requires-affordable-child-care/
- ABC 7: https://abc7.com/california-dream-solutions-child-care/10385986/
- EdSource: https://edsource.org/2021/how-the-biden-administration-will-impact-californias-child-care-crisis/648221
2020
May 6, 2020 Stand for Children LIVE
Coverage of Stand for Children Live and/or child care:
- Politico: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/06/11/parents-are-ready-to-return-to-work-but-where-will-their-kids-go-1292443
- EdSource: https://edsource.org/2020/california-family-child-care-providers-vote-to-join-union/637229
- CalMatters: https://calmatters.org/children-and-youth/2020/05/budget-cuts-california-preschool-child-care-children-kids/
- EdSource: https://edsource.org/2021/why-california-needs-to-ban-preschool-suspensions-and-expulsions-experts-say/646049
- New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/parenting/virus-day-care-bright-horizons.html
- Time: https://time.com/5844953/wic-online-groceries-coronavirus/
- KQED-FM (Bay Area): Childcare Closures Leave Parents, Kids and Teachers Scrambling
- Capitol Weekly (California/Provided Op-Ed): Child care — the core of a healthy, functioning society
- CalMatters.com (California): New state child care website comes up short
- KQED.org (Bay Area): California Launches New Child Care Website — But Where’s the Crucial Info?
- SFBayView.com (Bay Area/AA outlet): Parents on the front lines of the COVID–19 crisis speak up for better child care
- Viêt Báo (Sacramento/LA/API outlet): Phụ huynh ở Tuyến Đầu Cuộc Khủng Hoảng COVID–19 Lên Tiếng về Việc Chăm Sóc Trẻ Tốt Hơn
- Skylink TV (San Francisco/LA/API outlet): 國 加州參議員舉行 線上研討 提高可負擔育兒服務意識
- Skylink TV (San Francisco/LA/API outlet): 粵 加州參議員舉行 線上研討 提高可負擔育兒服務意識
- Phoenix TV (national/API outlet): 家長之聲」呼籲疫情期間為 兒童提供更多關愛
- Ifengus.com/PSTV (national/API outlet): 「家長之聲」呼籲疫 情期間為兒童提供更多關愛
- Ifengus.com/PSTV (national/API outlet): 「家长之声」呼吁疫 情期间为儿童提供更多关爱
- Los Angeles Times (LA): Editorial: Want to actually help the economy? Bail out child care providers
- KGTV-SD (San Diego ABC affiliate): 10News This Morning at 5AM
- ETTV America (LA/API outlet): Stand for Children 詳疫情下的幼教
- CrossingsTV.com (API outlet): Parents on the Front Lines of the COVID–19 Crisis Speak up for Better Child Care
- CrossingsTV.com (API outlet): Phụ huynh ở Tuyến Đầu Cuộc Khủng Hoảng COVID–19 Lên Tiếng về Việc Chăm Sóc Trẻ Tốt Hơn
- CrossingsTV.com (API outlet): 站在COVID–19危機最前線的家長 為爭取更好的托兒服務發聲
2015-2017
- June 15, 2017: KPCC State budget invests in child care, addresses consequences of wage increases
- April 4th: Medium Beyond Rhetoric: Campaigns Need Real Answers to Child Care Needs Nationally
- May 6th: Women’s eNews A Real Mothers’ Day Gift: Better Child Care Assistance
- August 2nd: Bethel New Life The Single Women Are Coming
- August 22nd: Truth-out The Nightmare Continues: California’s Broken Child Care Subsidies System, originally on Truth-out (8/22).
- https://edsource.org/2016/state-could-lose-federal-funds-if-rules-for-child-care-eligibility-dont-change/570041
- June 16, 2015: KCRA: Gov. Brown, lawmakers agree on $115.4B state budget
- June 16, 2015: Assoicated Press (KCBS, SF Examiner): Brown, Lawmakers Agree On $115.4B California Budget
- May 15, 2015: Associated Press (LA Daily News, KSL): Advocates push lawmakers to help social programs in budget
- May 6, 2015: News10ABC: The fight for affordable child care options
- May 5, 2015: Sacramento Bee Op-Ed: Spend some of California’s budget surplus to help poor families with child care
- March 15, 2015: SF Chronicle: Oakland minimum wage hike puts child caregivers in a jam
2012-2014
- June 30, 2014: SFGate/SF Chronicle: Extend California’s paid family leave to the nation
- June 28, 2014: Wisconsin Sentinal Journal: Affordable family leave: It’s about time
- June 11, 2014: Al Jazeera: Child Care-In between in California
- May 15, 2014: SFGate: Alameda County says economy better, poverty getting worse
- Jan 22, 2014: San Jose Mercury News: Pelosi, Lee and Speire tout women’s agenda in San Francisco
- Oct 18, 2013: Public Radio International: Latina moms pull together so they can get their degrees
- Oct 14, 2013: New America Media: Women Immigrants Face Higher Hurdles to College Success
- Aug 2013: BabyCenter en Espanol: Mamás latinas inmigrantes que aspiran a un título universitario en Estados Unidos
- May 15, 2013: Equal Voices Newspaper: Parents to lawmakers protect child care, social services
- May 8, 2013: KPFA Pacifica News Radio: Parents Stand for Children at State
- March 29, 2013: NBC News Bay Area: San Francisco Most Expensive Place to Find a Babysitter
- March 28, 2013: The San Francisco Appeal: Pelosi Visits SF Day Care, Calls For More Funding For Early Education Programs
- Feb 26, 2013: Children’s Advocate: Governor’s Budget and New Taxes are Big Wins for Children
- Feb 14, 2013: Women’s Foundation of CA Blog: Show Your Love to Latifa Lewis
- Feb 6, 2013: Women’s Foundation of CA Blog: Latifa is a Powerhouse not a Victim
- Jan 23, 2013: San Francisco Chronicle: State’s budget cuts leave poor in a fix
- Jan 10, 2013: KCRA: Brown’s budget: $6.3B more in spending
- Jan 10, 2013: KPFA: Pacifica Evening News
- November 23, 2012: Child Care Providers United Blog: Parents and Child Care Providers Stand with Walmart Workers
- November 21, 2012: KTVU: Community leaders protest wages paid to local Wal-Mart workers
- November 21, 2012: NBC News Bay Area: Wal-Mart protests before black friday
- Novemeber 21, 2012: CBS Local: Wal-Mart Workers Protest Over Compensation at Oakland Store
- June 21, 2012: ABC Sacramento: Brown, Democrats announce deal on remaining CA budget
- June 21, 2012: KCRA Sacramento: Budget compromise reached and it will cut more from Californias neediest
- June 11, 2012: Women’s Foundation of California Blog: We Still Need You to Stand with Women
- May 31, 2012: KPFA: Pacifica Evening News (starts at 41:17)
- May 15, 2012: Mint Press News: Calif. Gov. urges budget cuts amid $16B shortfall
- May 14, 2012: Women’s Foundation of California Blog: Why Losing Childcare Means Losing Hope
- May 14, 2012: Women’s Foundation of California Blog: CalWORKs and Childcare-A Road out of Poverty
- May 21, 2012: Times-Standard Online: Local ‘Parent Voices’ join Sacramento rally
- May 18, 2012: The Education Report: Child care cuts and kindergarten readiness
- May 18, 2012: Contra Costa Times: California’s child care system faces deep cuts
- May 16, 2012: MSNBC: Child care cost hikes derailing women’s careers
- May 14, 2012: ABC: Governor: Tax hikes needed for $16B budget gap
- May 14, 2012: SFGate: Brown proposes 4-day week for state workers
- May 14, 2012: Record.net: How Gov. Jerry Brown’s revision of the state budget could affect San Joaquin County
- May 14, 2012: Yahoo News (photo)
- May 9, 2012: River News Herald: Stand for Children Day: Childcare keeps California Working
- May 2, 2012: Capitol Public Radio: As Parents Protest Cuts, Steinberg Acknowledges No Other Choice
- May 2, 2012: ABC: Families protest cuts to subsidized childcare
- May 2, 2012: KPFA Radio: Capitol Report (starts at 26:52)
- Spring Issue: Children’s Advocate: Parents Say No More Cuts
- April 6, 2012: Huffington Post: Child Care Program Cuts Leave Working Poor Struggling
- Jan 18, 2012: KABC: Read
- Jan 18, 2012: Sacramento Buisness Times: Rally to challenge state to generate revenue, not cut programs
- Jan 17, 2012: Vida en el valle: Budget cuts will hurt families
- Jan 10, 2012: SFChron Blog: Critics slam Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget cuts
- Jan 10, 2012: Fresno Bee: Fresno rally aims at state cuts in social services
- Jan 10, 2012: ABC30: Protesters demonstrate against governor’s budget
- Jan 10, 2012: Univision Fresno: Fresno se une a protestas contra recortes de Brown
2009 – 2011
- Dec 15, 2011: KCRA News: Protesters Slam Calif. Trigger Cuts
- Dec 15, 2011: CBS 12 Action News: Latest Budget Cut Could Leave Parents Without Child Care
- Dec 13, 2011: ABC Local: $1billion in mid-year cuts coming to education, disabled
- Nov 28, 2011: Sonoma State University NewsCenter: SSU Professor, Student at Congressional Briefings on Welfare and Poverty Policy, Dec. 2
- Winter 2011: The Children’s Advocate: Parents win Child Care Funding
- Nov 3, 2011 Times-Standard: Parent advocacy groups expands to Humboldt
- Oct 3, 2011 Bloomberg Business Week: Falling Wages Threatening U.S. as Consumers May Cut Spending
- Sept 13, 2011 Crosscut.com: Seattle joins the parade for mandatory sick leave
- Sept 13, 2011 Equal Voice Newspaper: Getting Sick Doesn’t Pay
- August 19, 2011 People’s World: Rally tells Sen. Feinstein: Fight for Social Security
- May 4, 2011 KCRA: Taking a Stand for Children
- Feb 17, 2011 News 10 ABC: ‘Knowledge is Power’ child care training
- Jan 23, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle: Gina Jackson responds to planned state budget cuts
- Jan 11, 2011: Jerry Brown proposes drastic cuts, tax extensions
- Dec 6, 2010 ABC 7: Schwarzenegger: Cuts unavoidable to close deficit
- Dec 5, 2010 Marin Independent Journal: Marin Voice: Parents march on Sacramento to fight for child care
- Nov 18, 2010 California Watch: Deep cuts to child care delayed
- Nov 11, 2010 Chico News and Review: Child-care funds in limbo
- Nov 8, 2010 The Real Deal Blog: Update on Child Care Funding in California
- Nov 5, 2010 LA Times: Capitol encounter underscores challenges for Jerry Brown
- Nov 4, 2010 KCRA: Governor-Elect Hitches Ride To Sacramento (proof the Governor received the petitions!)
- Nov 4, 2010 Oakland Tribune: Oakland judge expected to rule Friday in California child care case
- Nov 4, 2010 LA Times: Jerry Brown visits the Capitol to begin budget talks
- Nov 4, 2010 AP: AP Images: Governor
- Oct 30, 2010 SF Chronicle: End to child care subsidy stayed by Judge 4 days
- Oct 29, 2010 sfgate (Associated Press): Judge temporarily delays funding cuts for CalWORKS
- Oct 29, 2010 ABC 7: State will pay for CalWORKs Stage 3 day care for low-income families until Nov 5
- Oct 29, 2010 KCRA: Judge Issues Order to Halt Child Care Cuts
- Oct 27, 2010 The Real Deal Blog: ELECTION 2010: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Legacy–Successful “welfare to work” program to ineffective “work to welfare program”
- Oct 20, 2010 Marinscope Newspapers: State cuts child care, locals protest
- Oct 18, 2010 Oakland Tribune: Thousands of East Bay families to lose subsidized child care Nov 1
- Oct 15, 2010 KCRA: Advocates: Line Item Cuts puts kids at risk
- Oct 15, 2010 ABC News 10: Protestors say Governor’s veto will force parents to lose child care, jobs
- Oct 15, 2010 Sacramento Bee: Child care cuts force families to waiting lists
- Oct 14, 2010 Fresno Bee: State vetoes cut into Valley families’ child care
- Oct 14, 2010 Press Democrat: Child Care program hit by budget cuts
- Oct 14, 2010 ABC 7: Oct 13, 2010 SantaRosaMom.com: Governor cuts CalWorks Stage 3 childcare funding from budget
- Oct 12, 2010 Marin Independent Journal: State budget targets child care for low-income Marin moms
- Aug 18, 2010 Capital Public Radio: Protestors Oppose Budget Cuts to Health and Human Services, Want Tax Hikes Instead
- Aug 13, 2010 Oakland Tribune/Contra Costa Times: Budget cuts threaten child care as parents battle costs
- Aug 3, 2010 Ms.Foundation For Women-Igniting Change Blog: Grantee ‘Parent Voices’ Organizes to Save Child Care in CA
- July 15, 2010 Capitol Desk: When Politics Becomes a Carnival
- May 28, 2010 People’s World: Child care on the chopping block
- Spring 2010 Children’s Advocate: Parents and ECE teachers campaign for child care funding; Padres y maestros de ECE hacen campaña sobre el cuidado de niños
- Jan 2009 Wall Street Journal Online Juggle Blog: Should the Government Help Provide Child Care
- Nov-Dec 09 Children’s Advocate:Parent Applies to join Marin Child Care Commission ; Una madre solicita ingresar en la Comisión de Cuidado Infantil de Marin
- Sept-Oct 09 Children’s Advocate:Parents and providers call on legislators to protect child care; Padres y proveedores unen fuerzas en pro del cuidado infantil
Recommendations and Reports
Waiting for Change
In 2016 Parent Voices, Child Care Law Center, and the CA Child Care Resource & Referral Network conducted a study of families on the waiting list, a population that is often ignored and whose stories are hidden. We conducted 6 focus groups and a parent survey with 125 respondents. Thanks to the Economic Development and Justice Fund Donor Circle for supporting this work.
Waiting to be seen. Demanding to be heard.
Parent Voices was proud to participate in the CA Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education. Mary Ignatius, Parent Voices Statewide Organizer served as a Community Commissioner on the BRC. We secured funding through First 5 LA to partner with Social Policy Research Associates to conduct parent focus groups with 40 parents. The recommendations are embedded in the full [BRC draft report](https://speaker.asmdc.org/sites/speaker.asmdc.org/files/pdf/BRC-All Draft Sections 3.11.19.pdf).
The recommendations that came from parents can be found in this report: Waiting to be seen. Demanding to be heard. (Fall 2018)
Los Angeles – Inglewood Appendix
Los Angeles – San Fernando Valley Appendix
Fresno Appendix
Bay Area Appendix
Preschool Development Grant Parent Advisory Committee recommendations
Build Back Better
Parent Voices ensured parents, kids, caregivers, and childcare providers had their voices heard on the importance of Build Back Better. Please read their responses in 400 Reasons Why We Need $400B for Childcare Now!