Our goal is a fully accessible, publicly-funded, not for profit and public system of comprehensive and high quality child care services, built on a foundation of good wages and good working conditions for early childhood educators and other child care workers, the majority of whom are women.

We support an inclusive, diverse, culturally safe, and accessible child care system because high quality child care is good for children, parents, and for women’s equality, and because it supports healthy communities and a growing economy. We believe childcare can support all children and parents – whether parents are employed, in training, or at-home.

Child care is a public good and an excellent public investment. Every dollar invested in quality child more than pays for itself, according to economic research. For more information , see the Resources section.