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State Court Upholds Alameda County Tax Measure Yielding Hundreds of Millions for Child Care
By Daisy Nguyen After four years of legal debate, California’s highest court upheld an Alameda County sales tax measure to increase access to child care and […]
How Oakland Overcomes Racial Disparities in Child Care (Live at KDOL-TV)
LISTEN: No One is Coming to Save Us podcast Description This week Gloria Riviera is live at KDOL-TV with a trio of women who are fighting […]
Oakland Parents Join Statewide Coalition to Protest State-Imposed School Closings
Protesters shut down meeting of Gov. Newsom’s state-funded nonprofit agency By Ken Epstein Parent Voices Oakland and other Oakland community groups this week joined with parents […]
“Clarissa’s Battle” and the Campaign for Child Care Subsidies
Talking to the director and the title subject of an important new documentary By Mark Swartz “Clarissa’s Battle” tells the story of a 10-year campaign for […]
Oakland halts closure of three Head Start centers following parent outcry, but federal funding questions remain
By Shwanika Narayan for the San Francisco Chronicle Following dozens of impassioned pleas from residents, the Oakland City Council passed a resolution temporarily staving off the […]
Oakland City Council votes to stem cuts to Head Start
By KEITH BURBANK Fox KTVU 2 OAKLAND, Calif. – Immediate cuts to Oakland’s Head Start program, which helps young children, especially disadvantaged ones, learn, were avoided […]
Oakland Head Start Workers & Families Demand No Cuts, No Layoffs, No Closures
(Oakland, CA)— Today a coalition of grassroots organizations and labor unions is joining the workers and families of the Oakland Head Start program to demand no cuts, […]
Measure C: Oakland must fully fund child care now!
MARCH 29, 2021 “In 2016, my son was born, and I was put on the waitlist for child care subsidies. This September, my son turns 5 […]
Childcare and economic stability go hand in hand
By CLARISSA DOUTHERD OCTOBER 2, 2020 Many of us overlook the relationship between childcare and the economy. Childcare is a critical piece of community infrastructure, interrelated […]