An Update on President Trump’s Executive Order to Freeze Federal Funding, which Harms Providers and Families

The Trump administration has issued a series of memos and executive orders about federal funding this week. One of the memos ordered federal departments and agencies to freeze federal funding for hundreds of programs that serve children and families. On Tuesday, several states, including California, sued the president to stop this harmful freeze on funds. […]
SoCal Fire Resources

As wildfires and strong winds continue to impact communities across Southern California, we want to ensure you have the tools and guidance to stay safe and informed and receive help should you need it. For us as child care providers our houses aren’t just our homes but our businesses and livelihoods – where generations of […]
Child Care Providers Demand Action from the State

On January 11, child care providers resumed bargaining with the state of California. We started the year strong, bringing critical proposals to the table that address the real needs of providers and the families we serve. True Cost of CareThe state had an entire month to review our true cost of care proposal. And what […]
Rates Negotiations Update

This past weekend, our CCPU Bargaining Team met with the state. We demanded that all family child care providers be fairly compensated for the important work we do. This includes ensuring that all hours worked are acknowledged, providers have stable funding to keep our doors open regardless of fluctuations in families we serve, and that […]
Read Our New Coalition Letter
Providers have been busy sounding the alarm on California’s child care crisis which has led over 5,251 of us to close our doors. Last week, CCPU, parents, community allies, and our larger union family, took action statewide in socially distanced car caravans and press conferences outside Gov. Newsom’s offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento […]
Child Care in Crisis, Day of Action – 9/30/20
California’s child care system was already in crisis before the pandemic, and now our struggles have only gotten worse. Over 5,000 child care providers have closed their doors in 2020, while thousands more are facing challenges that are only getting harder. But unions are made for this exact moment. To create real change, we […]
Why Child Care Workers Will Benefit From Unions
For 25 years, I’ve woken up long before the sun and opened the doors to my family child care business by 5 a.m every day. Before the last parent arrives for pickup around 11 p.m., I’ll have welcomed 14 young children into my home, sung dozens of songs, prepared scores of meals, and taught a […]
Collective bargaining for family child care providers?
As rents and inequality have soared, many workers haven’t had much to celebrate with a Labor Day picnic. The working moms and dads whose children I care for rarely get a holiday off — and that means neither do I. Long hours and irregular schedules are common for parents working nonstop to lift their families […]
Good child care: Listen to parents, kids, providers
BY CHARLOTTE NEAL AND RUBY CHEGE They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that may be true. But this much we know for certain: for working families in today’s economy, it takes, if not a village, at least a solid team. The backbone of that team is parents, children and caregivers. […]