Re: [WardFive] Parent roundtable on the state of childcare in DC!

Hello Jeremiah,

I am sure all of this is well thought out as a "middle class" benefit now that our communities are being gentrified ...

Here is something which I suggested this a long time ago which may be of a benefit to our youth being much more "proficient" at an earlier age....

Daycare facilities and any such spaces should be LEARNING Centers ... not just "Day Care" for kids. Learning starts in the womb... and the fact that the brain does about 90% of its development through age 6, maybe 7, my approach was to do my best to code my child's brain as well as her coordination skills as much as possible while still allowing her to be a "child"... while allowing her the space to develop her social skills. 

That being said, having a "daycare" license should have some regulation as to whether it does or does not provide early childhood education and whether those facilities receives govt. subsidies. If our tax dollars are to be utilized towards paying for "day-care", they should be utilized towards providing early childhood education. So, if you are going to subsidize daycare, we should have some expectations of early childhood education being performed while children are being cared for...especially if we are going to be utilizing tax dollars and/or providing incentives.

Evolving these current facilities into "Learning Centers" and encouraging new Learning Centers to develop should at least be utilized as one of our solutions to our less than "proficient" performing DCPS results. Looks like we have a charismatic DCPS Chancellor who seems to be progressive as well as willing to embrace new ideas and be more embracing with our communities ... let's get him as well as our Council Member Kenyan involved in this effort.

Rob Ramson

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:02 PM, jeremiah lowery <jeremiahalowery@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Community Members,

Right now, Childcare costs on average $22,000 a year for parents in Washington, DC (source: http://fortune.com/2016/12/09/child-care-cost-us/) and alot of neighbors have told me that childcare costs have forced them to use other means like nanny-share or having their parents watch the kids.

Well it seems like now the Council is moving to get something done about it. Council member Robert White introduced the Bolstering Early Growth Investment Amendment Act of 2017. The Act would:

• Increase childcare subsidy payments for providers
  
• Establish a program that allows child development facilities to share services
  
• Establish an Infant and Toddler Educator Compensation Task Force
  
• Expand the duties of the Early Childhood Development Coordinating Council to review reimbursement rates, expand child development resources in low-income communities, and reassess existing facility regulations
  
• Establish an Office of Early Childhood Development to operate the facility licensing process for child development providers, and offer guidance surrounding regulations, financing, and training
  
• Provide tax incentives for property owners to dedicate space to child development facilities
  
• Establish a grant program to help providers enhance their facilities
  

If you are interested in learning more about the bill, MomsRising.org is partnering with the Universal ChildCare Now D.C. Coalition to make sure D.C. families get the 411 on the legislation and create a space for families to discuss how the childcare system has impacted their lives.

So let's make it a playdate! Tell us what you think in person — and bring your children. We'll have food, juice boxes, kid-friendly space, and lots to talk about.

The play date held in our neighborhood will be on Sept 9, at the the Lamond riggs library from 10:30am-12pm

Click here to RSVP: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/DC_Childcare/

Thank you!

Jeremiah Lowery
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