CHILD CARE ADVOCATE NEWSLETTER
BUILD UP'S FIRST PODCAST!
🎧 Tune into our very first podcast! Build Up SMC's Director, Christine Padilla is featured in the Philanthropy Now Podcast: Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Early Childhood Development Strategy to address systemic disparities in early care and education (ECE).

This episode features, SVCF Executive Vice President for Community Action, Policy and Strategy Gina Dalma, SVCF Director of Early Childhood Development Christine Thorsteinson, and our very own Christine Padilla in a conversation covering how early childhood development is an impact area intertwined with issues of race, equity, and social justice.
Federal Commitment to Early Care & Education
NCFN POLICY UPDATE
Last month, the NCFN alongside partners from CLASP, NAEYC, and NAFCC, released a policy brief directed at the need to invest federal dollars in the physical spaces where children learn and grow, and teachers teach. Learn more below.

State-Wide Action for ECE Facilities
Our partners at Build Up California have advocated fiercely for more investments in Early Learning and Care Facilities across the state! They've recently launched a website and campaign to secure investments in ECE facilities and infrastructure.

Learn more about their work:
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#BUILDCHILDCARE
TODAY, we will take action to call for change!
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To #BuildChildCare is to
INVEST IN OUR FUTURE
High quality child care is the backbone of our recovery and it is time our investments reflected our priorities.
The pandemic investments in child care were URGENTLY NEEDED but they're not the only investments necessary to build a stronger, more equitable system.
THE $50B RELIEF FUND
IN THE #RESCUEPLAN LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR BOLD CHILD CARE REFORM
Now it's time to #BuildChildCare
CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
California Child Care 101
An overview of child care in California presented by the CA Legislative Women's caucus.

This presentation includes topics such as historical context, child care systems, subsidy contract types, funding sources, reimbursement wages, policy asks and more!
State of Babies Yearbook 2021
This report shows that, even before the pandemic, our country wasn’t doing enough for our babies to thrive. In every state, significant disparities are hurting the ability for babies and families of color to thrive, often driven by historical and structural inequities.

House Ways and Means Committee
A Full Committee hearing in their own words: Paid Leave, Child Care, and an Economy That Failed Women. Hear testimony from mothers who experienced the many pains of balancing work, caring for children and managing life during COVID-19.
We hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Build Up Team