Today we're excited to announce you can now search for child care jobs on Winnie!
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5/ One of the things I love about is it can be really helpful for parents during times like these by helping them comparison shop by price and find non-traditional options they can afford when full-time childcare is out of reach.
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4/ Any amount of care is helpful, whether it’s 2 hours at the local YMCA or part-time preschool winnie.com/part-time-pres. Something is better than nothing!
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update! A new report by the US Department of Labor found what we’ve been saying for a long time: child care costs are too high and they cause MOTHERS (yes, disproportionately women) to leave the workforce.
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7/ It doesn’t have to be this way. Helping providers (even the tiny ones) operate more like businesses and profitable ones at that, while helping as many families as possible access child care and early education, is our entire mission at .
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update. Finances were top of mind for parents and providers this week (as I predicted: theriveter.co/voice/the-rive) and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
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There are a bunch of tech companies doing good work that I'm watching and rooting for.
Love seeing thriving through challenging times. Childcare is the absolute key and I will never stop talking about its importance.
Kids deserve better. We can do better.
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7/ Although 2023 is forecast to be a recession and many businesses will be scaling back, we aren’t at @Winnie. It’s important to us to continue to grow because the recession will end, but childcare in this country will continue to need fixing! fastcompany.com/90828886/ceos-
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7/ Although 2023 is forecast to be a recession and many businesses will be scaling back, we aren’t at . It’s important to us to continue to grow because the recession will end, but childcare in this country will continue to need fixing!
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6/ “When the government pays programs directly, it can set clear standards for programming, teacher pay... all factors that research links to a high level of care.”
Currently most money for childcare is funneled through the federal govt to states (e.g. winnie.com/resources/chil)
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0/ Welcome to your childcare weekly update! Before I begin, I wanted to note that I’m thinking about how to make this update more useful for those interested in childcare and parenting in 2023 (different format like a newsletter or podcast? different topics?) I’d welcome ideas!
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0/ Welcome to your childcare weekly update! I have 2 important tips in here about health and money so read on. First, it’s old news that there is a lot of sickness going around in kids (+ their families), but you may not know there’s a medication shortage.
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update, holiday edition! One thing that might not be on your radar right now is the impact of America Rescue Plan funds running out for child care centers.
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5/ We are fortunately better at early intervention than we’ve ever been, which also means an acceleration in families impacted by special needs in the early years. I assure you that someone you know would benefit from
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4/ Speaking of , we also shared this week that we launched our search for special needs child care providers. Parents of young children with special needs are THREE TIMES more likely to have their ability to work disrupted by child care challenges
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0/ Welcome to your weekly child care update! Tweet every weekly update like it’s your last… am I right? Ok so today, there’s an article in the times about some of the biggest child care businesses
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Help a parent you know find child care providers who specialize in or have extra training around neurodiversity, ADHD, medical needs, or learning differences by spreading the word ❤️
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The data is striking. Children with disabilities now make up an estimated 17% of the country’s population of kids and that percentage has been steadily increasing. You can read more about the data we found here and what we built to address it!
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🔎DID YOU KNOW parents of young children with disabilities are three times more likely than other parents to experience job disruptions due to lack of child care?
Today we're launching winnie.com/special-needs to help.
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7/ Ok on that note, I’m back to building and growing because we have a BIG THING coming out next week that will help a lot of families. 👀 Stay tuned! 🔜
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update! I’m traveling across the country SOLO with my son today, so I figured I’d do this update early so I can talk about the latest big trend I’m seeing in the child care space.
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A reminder from of that words matter when it comes to public perceptions around #childcare. Terminology like “crisis” & “failed market” - while accurate - may not be doing the field any favors. Are we better served speaking to opportunities?
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0/ Welcome to your childcare weekly update. I know all anyone can talk about right now ON Twitter is what’s happening WITH Twitter and tech layoffs more generally, so I want to touch on the child care impact and give some unsolicited advice…
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Thank you for highlighting Winnie founders & . There are many paths to becoming an engineer / app developer and it's never too late (or too early) to start!
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CEO & Co-Founder Sara Mauskopf shares how being an AWS EdStart Member helped them optimize a number of services on their childcare marketplace platform by having access to AWS technical experts & resources.
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4/ This isn’t just a pipe dream. Big childcare employers like Bright Horizons do pay better and offer better benefits. (some more info on what they do here winnie.com/resources/how-) We know how to apply some of their efficiencies of scale to smaller centers. It's possible!
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0/ Welcome to your weekly child care update! I’m recovering from a big surgery I had on Wednesday so I’m going to focus this week’s update on one major headline about the dearth of childcare workers.
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October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month so throughout the month we'll be spotlighting how learning disabilities affect young children under 5 and what you need to know
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3/ In non-recession news, it’s October which is Learning Disabilities Awareness month. Throughout the month we’re going to be breaking down different learning disabilities and how you would actually spot them in early childhood… starting with dyslexia
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update. First I want to draw your attention some great data & insights for care economy entrepreneurs / aspiring entrepreneurs that put together
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Our hearts go out to those impacted by the horrific mass shooting in Thailand at a child care center. As this is in the news quite a bit right now, we're resurfacing this resource on how to talk to your children about school shootings
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0/ Welcome to your child care weekly update, live from LA! I just attended a special screening of Fair Play, a documentary based on ’s best selling book of the same name fairplaylife.com
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1/ First, for a little refresher on what UPK actually is, read this winnie.com/resources/what Basically it’s free preschool for all 4 year olds in that year before kindergarten. Some states offer it but we don’t have it nationwide.
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