Chief Executive Officer, Child Care Aware of America
Arlington, VA
Joined April 2010
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I know who I would pick for VP too @rfeinglos! 👀
Thanks and kudos to @GMA for covering our nation's child care challenges so well! Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute!
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Big thanks to @SusanGalePerry with @ChildCareAware for speaking with me about the upcoming COVID-era childcare funding cliff, and how states and lawmakers are working to preserve funding and fix the childcare industry more broadly pbs.org/newshour/show/child-…
Thanks @yahoolife - summer care is part of our bigger child care crisis. “The bottom line is that parents can’t afford to pay, teachers can’t afford to stay and our economy pays the price in lost productivity and fewer adults in the workforce” says Perry at @ChildCareAware
Every singe thing about this is wonderful! So grateful to know and have worked alongside you, @DrMandyCohen!
Some important family news:
My wife (@DrMandyCohen) is the most amazing person I know. She will be amazing as the next CDC director, just as she has been amazing in all of her previous roles.
I love you!
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Susan Gale Perry retweeted
“Commerce experts say failing child care centers would hurt the state's economy. Debra Derr, the @NCChamber director for government affairs, says good child care is vital to support a good workforce.” wunc.org/health/2023-06-05/c…
Susan Gale Perry retweeted
@NC_Governor's budget transforms our system of care and supports, aligned with #Olmstead, for North Carolinians living with #disabilties.
- $17M to expand our Transitions to Community Living Initiative
- $10M to expand competitive integrated employment
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Yesterday @NC_Governor and @NCDHHS released a $1B roadmap to transform the behavioral health system. Our goal is to make care available when and where its needed, ahead of a crisis, and ultimately reduce the number of people in crisis
The plan includes funding for more children’s and community services, telehealth and mobile services, and crisis and step-down facilities. The first step is Medicaid expansion, which connects more people to care. ncdhhs.gov/media/19922/downl…
Susan Gale Perry retweeted
,@NC_Governor:
"A great workforce requires real investment from cradle to career, and it starts with early childhood education at quality childcare centers.”
Huge progress for NC! Medicaid expansion deal reached between NC House and Senate newsobserver.com/news/politi…
The child care workforce is critical to child & family well-being and our economy. Yet many child care businesses can’t compete with rising wages or afford to offer health insurance, so teachers can’t stay.
Expanding Medicaid helps child care at no cost to state taxpayers.
Without access to affordable #childcare, parents can’t run the #businesses that provide the services upon which we all depend.
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Susan Gale Perry retweeted
Wages are rising across industries & childcare programs just can’t compete. Parents can’t afford to pay, and teachers can’t afford to stay.
Yaaaass! Their future is OUR future!
Investing #EarlyChildhood education is great for children and their families and great for the economy.
Whether we have children or not, high-quality child care is essential to everyone's future in North Carolina.
@Hunt_Institute @AspenAscend @jsiddiqi7
So much love and respect for this woman @mcoxmitchell and shout out to @BainumFdn for helping to “Make the Ideal Real” and step into the future of early care and education! #childcare @NAEYC
Identifying pain points in ECE from audience: “I left my job as an ECE teacher because my step-daughter was making more at Chick-Fil-A and I couldn’t afford to live.”
Look familiar?! It’s long past time to break free from our own mental models, shooting inside the tent, and own our own destiny! #childcare #publicgood #firedup
Susan Gale Perry retweeted
Investing in #childcare and high quality early education is important. It supports kids, their families, and our economy.
Children and family wellbeing is a top priory for @ncdhhs. #RaiseNC
More than 100,000 Americans missed work last month because of child-care problems, an all-time high that’s even greater than during the height of the pandemic, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. washingtonpost.com/business/…
