Vice President Kamala Harris announces lowered child care costs for working families in North Carolina, building on prior federal funding for child care programs and promising more.
Federal childcare grants are set to run out this weekend, and though NC legislators provided some limited last-minute funding this week, they ignored months of urgent requests to act.
As the North Carolina General Assembly went back into session on Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper unveiled a proposed budget adjustment that would boost funding for the state’s education and childcare systems and raise wages for state workers.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine) During the pandemic, Congress passed legislation that helped childcare providers keep their centers open and pay their teachers more. That funding expires on June 30....
The American Rescue Plan turns three today. Here’s how President Biden’s first signature accomplishment not only invested billions of dollars into North Carolina’s economy, but also made a difference in the lives of millions of people. Three years ago, on March 11,...
According to the White House, a family of three in North Carolina earning $44,000 annually could stand to save close to $110 per month under this new rule.
During the pandemic, Democrats changed the child tax credit and cut childhood poverty in half. Now there's new hope for making those changes permanent, but there are skeptics.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
Congress is prioritizing the ultra-wealthy and corporate greed over everyday American people this tax season. Now, community organizations across the US are fighting back—here’s how you can get involved.