Susan’s Blog
In the child careworld, we throw around a lot of terms: daycare, child care, preschool, Pre-K, early childhood education (ECE), and after-school care. Depending on who you ask, these words…
Behind the numbers, the legislative bills, and the economic data of New Mexico’s child care transformation lies a deeper, quieter truth: it is a system that finally looks child care…
Child Care Providers Are Being Put at Risk Child care providers should never have to fear for their personal safety because they care for children. Yet over the past year,…
A Dual Hierarchy of Human and Economic Thriving When we talk about what makes families, communities, and economies thrive, child care is too often treated as a side issue –…
E2SHB 1648 is an important bill that addresses key challenges in meeting child care workforce education requirements while maintaining high standards of care. This bill incentivizes existing staff to stay…
Washington’s child care sector is in crisis. Chronic staffing shortages, fueled by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) child care licensing regulations, are pushing experienced providers out of…
In the early 1990s, I was part of Seattle’s Worthy Wage Movement for child care providers, fighting a battle that felt urgent, if not quite apocalyptic. Back then, the Worthy…
Addressing Poverty: The Key to Positive Child Outcomes When we talk about creating positive outcomes for children, we often emphasize the role of high-quality educational programs. In practice, this often…
Technical skills alone have rarely been sufficient for career success. Employers increasingly seek individuals who possess a robust set of social-emotional skills—abilities that are nurtured from a young age and…
DEAR FRIENDS OF KIDS CO., We are thrilled to introduce Kids Co.’s FY22 annual report—GRIT. This past year has been a remarkable journey that can be best described in the…