The Raising Child Care Fund is an initiative of ECFC that pools private foundation dollars to give grants to groups that lift up the voices of families, early educators, and allies—working alongside them to build powerful coalitions to transform child care and expand equity.
RCCF Partners in the News
Op Ed: Ohio childcare workers deserve free care for their work
Tamara Lunan, Organizing Director of the CEO Project in OH, is calling on Ohio’s legislature to take two key steps. One is to raise eligibility for publicly funded childcare back to 160% of the Federal Poverty Level and two to support the inclusion of the…
Letters to the Editor: Child Care needs more support in order to support the community
Samantha Shepherd, a provider and parent in Savannah, GA wrote a letter to the editor of Savannah Business Journal about the lack of support for child care in their community and the dire need for it.
The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Isn’t So Beautiful for Black Detroiters
Under the proposed legislation, both programs (Medicaid and SNAP) would face deep cuts. The Congressional Budget Office projects that 11.8 million Americans could lose Medicaid coverage over the next decade. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has warned that the cuts to SNAP would create a $467 million…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sidesteps budget vetoes in child care sector
“Ohio families making up to 200% of the federal poverty level will now be eligible to receive assistance, enabling more working parents to pursue an education or to join the workforce, while knowing that their children are learning and receiving quality child care,” DeWine said….
Op-Ed: The Arc Of The Well Woman
With declining birth rates and a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates, quality childcare should be a right, not just a privilege. If Georgia’s leaders want to continue bragging about the funding surplus and being the best state for business, we also must…
Georgia has a childcare crisis, too
Like here in Pensacola, Georgia families face a mounting childcare crisis, and despite comprehensive recommendations a state study committee, meaningful action from state lawmakers remains absent. This disconnect has sparked a grassroots movement refusing to stay silent. The inaction has galvanized advocates statewide. 9to5 Georgia has organized “Nap…
Op-Ed: I Value Child Care Educators: That’s Why I Support The Pay Equity Fund
Javonne Haynes, a child care center Director in DC who also organizes with SPACES in Action shares this message: From my experience, I know that child care providers offer an invaluable service to communities. Local, state and federal officials should do all they can to…
Tribune Editorial: We have a $1.36B opportunity. What needs to happen for Utah to realize it.
The state (Utah) should be more aggressive in providing subsidies, tax credits and other incentives to make childcare affordable for families and working in the field a desirable career. And we need a solution for the untenable cost of liability insurance, which is a massive…
Op-Ed: In California, We Need Superheroes Who Choose Kids, Not Billionaires
Mary Ignatius, Executive Director of Parent Voices: California wrote an op-ed and shares this message: California needs superheroes. Children, families and child care providers are in danger of losing access to healthcare and early childhood education funding. Yet the only ones being saved now are corporate…
