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Rep. Ruth Kagi
   
SEIU is a Leading Voice for Child Care Funding & Quality
We made tremendous strides in strengthening child care and early learning opportunities for young children in Washington. SEIU provided outstanding leadership in securing badly needed subsidy increases. In addition, SEIU's support for improving early learning opportunities through the quality rating and improvement system, including training and mentorships for providers, is helping us move forward in a very positive and promising direction.

--Rep. Ruth Kagi, 32nd District
   Chair of the Early Learning & Children's Services Committee
Latest News from the Child Care Center Campaign
  • Pam Moore Why should directors join SEIU? "Until fairly recently it never occurred to me that one day I would see a union in an entirely different light," writes Pam Moore (photo right), Program Supervisor, SeaTac Christian Daycare, SeaTac.
  • Why should teachers join SEIU? "We are the pathway of our future and by joining SEIU we will be given a voice," Carmen Gilmore, Lead Teacher, Child's Time III, Tacoma.
  • "I had heard some talk about the family child care providers’ union, so I decided to attend the Statewide Steering Council meeting to learn more about the child care center campaign," writes Karla Walrod, Lead Teacher, Wee Care Early Learning Center, Burlington.
  • More reports from child care teachers and directors, plus tips in our e-Newsletter.


We're Uniting Center Teachers & Directors to Address Today’s Crisis in Child Care

Fawn DunnIn today’s world, working parents depend on quality child care to both ensure children’s safety and to give kids the early education they need to succeed. But all too often, parents face difficult challenges in finding child care providers who meet their needs. The lack of affordable quality child care creates a serious problem.

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The History of Our Child Care Movement
Center workers and family providers have been working together for a decade for quality care





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