Empire State Campaign for Child Care

Episode 11: Medicaid and SNAP Podcast Episode · The Empire State Campaign for Child Care Podcast · 07/31/2025 · 8m

Check out our latest podcast where we discuss the impacts of federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP with @medicaidmtrsny.bsky.social.
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Today is the 60th anniversary of Medicaid. About 25% of the child care workforce nationwide receives healthcare from Medicaid. ESCCC stands with Medicaid and all who benefit from it.

New book argues child care is a ‘societal imperative’ In ‘Raising a Nation,’ researcher Elliot Haspel says everyone should want strong supports for early childhood, even those without children.

“Care is, in fact, just as important to our social infrastructure as having a public education system, having public libraries, having public parks.”

Well said, @ehaspel.bsky.social!
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Members of our campaign's steering committee came together yesterday from across the state to plan our work on how to make child care for every family and a thriving wage for early childhood educators a reality in NY. We're not giving up until it's done.

The Hamptons Are Seething with Money. But People Who Live There Lack One Very Important Thing. This has got to be the fanciest federally designated child care desert in the country.

We can't have a serious conversation about affordability without tackling the cost of child care. The cost for families, the low pay for the child care workforce, the waitlists and child care deserts. It can be solved with universal child care.
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America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse - The Hechinger Report ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one pres...

“Anti-immigrant policy can and will weaken our entire caregiving infrastructure,” said Karla Coleman-Castillo, senior policy analyst at the National Women’s Law Center.
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To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed Experiments with various funding models could pave alternative pathways to a stronger child care system.

States are finding ways to fund child care. This is great and informative piece from @ehaspel.bsky.social.
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Joining our friends at @powherny.bsky.social in acknowledging Black Women's Equal Pay Day. The child care workforce is majority Black and brown women, and we won't stop fighting for the pay equity they deserve.

ESCCC Steering Committee member Janna wrote this letter to the editor about the harmful effects of the Medicaid cuts to the child care profession.

Child care voucher boost may not be enough for some N.Y. counties It comes as several counties upstate have had to create waitlists or close enrollment.

@schuylercenter.bsky.social Policy Director and ESCCC leader Dede Hill recently appeared on Spectrum News to discuss the Child Care Assistance Program.
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As an organization that focuses on building a child care system that serves every NYer, the Empire State Campaign for Child Care stands in strong opposition to this legislation, which will make it more difficult for children and families across the nation to access basic needs.

The Empire State Campaign for Child Care opposes any budget cuts that harm children and families. Please join us and contact your lawmakers to reject the cuts to our social safety net.
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This year's legislative session in Albany did not move us closer to our goal of universal child care. Read our statement here:
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Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example

That's what we're after- child care for every New Yorker. It can be done.
“They turned childcare from being a welfare service for low-income families to a core part of the social infrastructure,” like schools, roads and fire departments." @ehaspel.bsky.social
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The Empire State Campaign for Child Care opposes any budget cuts that harm children and families. Read our letter to the New York congressional delegation.
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Happy #FathersDay to all of the dads and caregivers! We will continue to work toward the goal of a universal child care system that works for all families.

With the legislative session in Albany coming to a close this week, now is the time to pass automatic rate increases for the child care workforce! Make these calls today!

Democratic mayoral candidates make pitch to voters on child care The issue has taken center stage in the mayor’s race amid soaring costs.

It's no surprise that child care has become a key issue in the NYC mayoral race. Child care is one of the highest cost items a family faces, and the educators who care for our youngest New Yorkers aren't making a living wage.
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Roll Call 145 Roll Call 145, Bill Number: H. R. 1, 119th Congress, 1st Session VOTE QUESTION: On Passage, DESCRIPTION: One Big Beautiful Act, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed

While we were sleeping, harmful cuts to children and families were passed in the House by one vote. It's shameful to cut the healthcare and food assistance that New Yorkers rely on to give tax cuts to the wealthy. See how your rep voted here:
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Medicaid and Child Health Plus serve many of New York's children, families, and child care providers. Our campaign manager called her representative to say #handsoff Medicaid!
Use these district-specific fact sheets to provide details on Medicaid!
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What the budget does(and doesn't do)to impact child poverty The state budget included an expansion of the child tax credit, and a rebate check. We consider these policies with Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council.

ESCCC campaign leader Pete Nabozny of The Children's Agenda recently joined The Capitol Pressroom to discuss child care vouchers and how the state budget impacts children and families.
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High cost of child care is taxing for Long Islanders According to the Economic Policy Institute, New York State is the 15th most expensive state for infant care.

Across the state, families are struggling to afford child care, and providers are struggling to keep their doors open. It's time for universal child care in NY.
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We were so excited to join the Innovative Daycare Corp at their Day Without Child Care event on Long Island!

Members of the campaign are in NYC today, marking the national Day Without Child Care. Child care is essential, and early childhood educators deserve just compensation.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the caregivers! You are loved and appreciated.

The NY state budget is complete. New funding for child care assistance will help to avert a severe child care assistance shortfall, but the Budget continues to bypass workforce investment needs.
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NYC freezes child care voucher enrollment for low-income families amid state budget fight A funding shortfall in the state budget forced New York City to freeze enrollment for a popular child care voucher program for low-income families.

Elected officials at all levels of government must come together and fully fund the Child Care Assistance Program that thousands of New York families rely on. There is no excuse for inaction.
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NYC closes child care voucher enrollment amid Adams-Hochul standoff over funding New York City parents are getting cut off child care vouchers amid a standoff between Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul over who pays for the hundreds of million dollar program.

This is unacceptable. Children and families, and the child care workforce that cares for them, are harmed by this. Our elected leaders cannot allow constituents to bear the brunt of their late budgets and standoffs.
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Our campaign manager Shoshana recently joined the @momsrising.org podcast to talk about the state of child care in New York and at the federal level! Check it out!
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NYC, state battle over child care funding for thousands of New Yorkers As the city and state shift the blame for funding shortfalls, thousands of families risk losing child care vouchers.

Elected officials must work together and fund the Child Care Assistance Program, which is essential to tens of thousands of NY families, and the child care providers who serve them.
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