Templates

Parents email or post:

Dear {Senator/Representative Last Name},

As your constituent I am writing to let you know my personal childcare situation. According to the Department of Health and Human services our family should spend no more than 7% of our budget on childcare. Currently we are spending {Your families monthly childcare %} % on childcare. This is equivalent to {yearly difference between 7% and what you pay}. As pandemic era childcare funding is expiring this fall I am writing to you to urge you to vote in favor of childcare reform that provides funding to childcare centers to reduce costs for families, pay workers living wages, increase spots available to families, and improve the infrastructure of childcare centers. 

Thank you for your consideration

{your name}

Parents Social Media: As we approach a financial cliff of funding for childcare this fall I wanted to share with everyone that we spend {%Family budget for childcare}% of our budget every month on childcare. The government recommends only spending 7%. The average family is spending 10-33%. Legislators childcare reform is past due! #{legislators name} #PASTDUECHILDCARE #campaignforchildcare

Early Childhood Educators email or post:

Dear {Senator/Representative Last Name},

As a passionate early childcare educator and one of your constituents, I write to highlight the pressing need for childcare reform in our area. Our children deserve a caring and educated workforce, but the current situation falls short. My pay is {$/hr}, the living wage in my area is {MIT Living wage calculator}. We are desperately short of daycare providers and the pay is a large part of that. Parent’s can not afford to pay more, but I can not afford to continue to make below a living wage.

As pandemic era childcare funding is expiring this fall I am writing to you to urge you to vote in favor of childcare reform that provides funding to childcare centers to reduce costs for families, pay workers living wages, increase spots available to families, and improve the infrastructure of childcare centers. 

Thank you for your consideration

{your name}

Early Childhood Educators Social Media:

Did you know ECEs make {your hourly pay}/hr here? The living wage is {MIT Living wage calculator}. Aren’t our children worth a living wage? The average pay in the US is $28,520 per year– well below the average livable age. Legislators childcare reform is past due! #{legislators name} #PASTDUECHILDCARE #campaignforchildcare