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The future of Georgia’s infants and young children depends on a sustainable, quality child care system powered by more than child care providers and parents. Government leaders must recognize that child care is essential to Georgia’s economic health.

Let’s build a better system together.

SHare The Impact Report

Without more investments from government leaders to help child care programs solve staffing and wage issues, fewer families will have access to affordable care. To learn more about the challenges child care providers are facing right now, read our “Impact of a $15 Per Hour Wage on Child Care” report.

SHare #ChildCareCantWait messages

Show your support for early childhood education programs, child care providers and families and raise awareness of the child care crisis and potential solutions by sharing these messages on your social media channels.To download one of the visuals below, right-click on the image to save it onto your desktop or simply drag it onto your desktop. Feel free to copy and paste one of the sample messages below into your status update—or create your own message that includes the #ChildCareCantWait hashtag and tag @QCCGeorgia.

Twitter:

• Without child care, parents can’t work, employers don’t have employees, and our very young children are missing out on learning and social experiences that influence their future learning and success. Georgia needs sustained investments now. qccga.org/TakeAction #ChildCareCantWait

• Children begin learning at birth, not four years old, which makes high-quality, nurturing child care crucial for Georgia’s children who are birth to three. Congress needs to make a sustained investment in child care so that all families have access. qccga.org/TakeAction #ChildCareCantWait

Facebook & Instagram:

• Without child care, parents can’t work, employers don’t have employees, and our very young children are missing out on learning and social experiences that impact their future learning and success. Georgia needs sustained investments and solutions that makes child care affordable for parents and provides child care workers with living wages. #ChildCareCantWait

  To learn more about the challenges child care providers are facing right now in Georgia, read “Impact of a $15 Per Hour Wage on Child Care” report by @QCCGeorgia and listen to Child Care Voices at qccga.org/TakeAction.

• Children begin learning at birth, not four years old, which makes high-quality, nurturing child care crucial for Georgia’s families. Without more investments from Congress to help child care programs solve staffing and wage issues, fewer families will have access to affordable care. #ChildCareCantWait

  To learn more about the challenges child care providers are facing right now in Georgia, read “Impact of a $15 Per Hour Wage on Child Care” report by @QCCGeorgia and listen to Child Care Voices at qccga.org/TakeAction.

LinkedIn:

• Georgia’s early childhood caregivers are the workforce that supports all other workers. Yet, they are severely underpaid and under-appreciated. To keep child care doors open with trained, experienced staff, Congress must make considerable investments and policy changes. #ChildCareCantWait

  To learn more about the challenges child care providers are facing right now in Georgia, read “Impact of a $15 Per Hour Wage on Child Care” report by @QCCGeorgia and listen to Child Care Voices at qccga.org/TakeAction.

• This summer, nearly 250,000 Georgians said that they were not working because they did not have child care. With bold investments and solutions from Congress, we can sustain child care, keep Georgia’s economy growing, and our children nurtured. #ChildCareCantWait

  To learn more about the challenges child care providers are facing right now in Georgia, read “Impact of a $15 Per Hour Wage on Child Care” report by @QCCGeorgia and listen to Child Care Voices at qccga.org/TakeAction.