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Minimum Wage and Early Care and Education: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward
Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Category: National Training or Event
Register Here! Alliance for Early Success is convening a policy conversation on minimum wage in early care and education, and are excited to announce the webinar will be on June 16. Campaigns to raise the minimum wage have gained momentum in states over recent years. Since 2014, 28 states and DC have changed their minimum wage laws, with the latest coming in the form of a ballot initiative in Florida just this past November. The federal minimum wage is again a topic of debate in 2021. Increasing the minimum wage could negatively impact early childhood education (ECE) programs, since most providers struggle to raise wages without charging families more or stretching their budget even thinner, at the expense of their programs’ viability and quality. While this issue isn’t new to the field, the search for solutions comes at a time when, after living under a pandemic for more than a year, providers and educators are clamoring for transformative change. The unprecedented financial resources from the federal relief packages could also present an opportunity for progress. We’ll hear from providers who have been managing to operate with these new laws, while state advocates, policy leaders, and national experts will discuss key pieces of a comprehensive response: an inclusive campaign for higher wages, access to reliable workforce and cost data, and identifying new revenue streams dedicated to workforce compensation. Panelists will include: • Claire Dudley Chavez, Division Director of Policy, Research, and Quality Initiatives at the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department Contact: Alliance for Early Success | www.earlysuccess.org |