Here are two things we know for sure: child care is not a personal issue for moms to solve, it's a critical economic imperative, and increasingly, the business community is stepping up on child care by investing in their own workforces and engaging in public policy to ensure that the communities they call home can thrive. Last week, the Moms First team and our National Business Coalition for Child Care partners took to D.C. to put child care front and center on the national agenda. 🏛️ Here's a recap of our whirlwind 24 hours in Washington: 📌 Moms First joined forces with the Council of Economic Advisers, The White House to host an Employer Roundtable with our partners JBS USA, TIAA, UPS, Morgan Stanley, Chobani, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Ralph Lauren, Etsy, Deloitte, Bobbie, The Adecco Group and Adecco Group US Foundation on the ROI of investing in child care, the innovative investments companies are making to address the child care crisis, and what more we can do together 📌 With our co-hosts UPS and First Five Years Fund, we brought together industry leaders and bipartisan offices across Capitol Hill to discuss the economic impact of the child care crisis and opportunities for greater public-private partnership 📌 And last but not least, the Moms First team (Molly Day, Atossa Movahedi, Julie Leitch) and our partners participated in the FIRST EVER National Child Care Innovation Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where our Founder & CEO, Reshma Saujani, delivered a powerful keynote, underscoring the crucial role businesses must play in the fight for affordable, accessible child care, and BCG Managing Director & Partner, Kelsey Clark, uplifted the findings of our recent report on the ROI of investing in child care "All of us have a role in fixing [our care structure], especially business. And I'm a big believer in the power of business to fix policy." - Moms First Founder and CEO, Reshma Saujani Changing the system so that it *finally* works for moms won't happen overnight, but we're ready to keep fighting until every mother has the support they need to truly thrive.
Thank you for joining us at the Chamber and shining a light on this important topic on a national stage!
Thank you for your continuous and powerful advocacy for accessible, affordable child care services throughout America.
I love seeing Moms First leading this conversation at the business and policy level. Are recordings of Reshma’s keynote or any of the sessions available to view?
This is so amazing!
This is so exciting!
Such important work! THANK YOU!
We agree! Also, the first step in ensuring access to quality child care is to support the women working in child care. 97% of the child care workforce is female - these working women and working families make all other work possible. Careers in child care must be more sustainable, desirable, and profitable - we're here to help and partner with all other innovators dedicated to making lasting positive changes for child care providers.