Friends of Preschool for All
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We are dedicated to preserving Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s landmark universal preschool program. https://friendsofpfa.org/
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Update on Senate Bill 106 Close to midnight on one of the last days of the 2025 legislative session, with the governor’s support, several Oregon senators wrote a bill with a shocking amendment option ...
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Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschool for All seats to early education providers for the 2026-27 school year.
Multnomah County Plans Major Surge in Free Preschool Enrollment Next School Year
Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschoo...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschool for All seats to early education providers for the 2026-27 school year.
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AHEM everyone, we have a good idea here:
if preschool for all has more resources than it needs for universal preschool we should consider expanding to a full universal childcare program
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
AHEM everyone, we have a good idea here:
Preschool for All is ending 2025 with a bang!💥📈💛✊Thanks to all of the advocates who helped make this happen!
Multnomah County announced today that it has offered 7,460 tuition-free Preschool for All seats to providers for the 2026-27 school year. This initial allocation has the potential to nearly double the current enrollment capacity of 3,844 seats.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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More tuition-free preschool seats than expected likely coming to Portland-area next year
The news comes shortly after early data suggested the county program may need to hit a much smaller target to reach “universal” tuition-free preschool.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Preschool for All is ending 2025 with a bang!💥📈💛✊Thanks to all of the advocates who helped make this happen!
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If she became a champion for it we could get out there & knock doors for her instead of writing mean responses to her fundraising emails & standing in the rain to yell at her & thwarting her & the ignorant ass Senate Finance Committee in Salem. Tim Boyle is never gonna knock doors for you Tina!!!!!
Maybe Tina Kotek will finally understand that her road to re-election does not run through preschool for all www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
Multnomah County Plans Major Surge in Free Preschool Enrollment Next School Year
Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschoo...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If she became a champion for it we could get out there & knock doors for her instead of writing mean responses to her fundraising emails & standing in the rain to yell at her & thwarting her & the ignorant ass Senate Finance Committee in Salem. Tim Boyle is never gonna knock doors for you Tina!!!!!
📣She’s at it again! The governor is selling out toddlers for tax cuts for top earners. Join our rally Monday from 11:30-1 at the Convention Center, 777 NE MLK, to demand Preschool for All be rolled out as approved 2:1 by voters! RSVP and bring friends! actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
Protest: Tell Kotek Hands of Preschool for All!
Governor Kotek is cozying up to big business yet again. Bring your friends and PFA supporters to tell her to save PFA!
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December 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
📣She’s at it again! The governor is selling out toddlers for tax cuts for top earners. Join our rally Monday from 11:30-1 at the Convention Center, 777 NE MLK, to demand Preschool for All be rolled out as approved 2:1 by voters! RSVP and bring friends! actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
🌞 TODAY! Starting in an hour, join us anytime until 1 pm!🐿️🧺
✨Not to be outdone, we are throwing our OWN gala (picnic in the park) tomorrow! Kids are super welcome and fun+drinks+snacks will be in high supply! ✨
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October 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🌞 TODAY! Starting in an hour, join us anytime until 1 pm!🐿️🧺
✨Not to be outdone, we are throwing our OWN gala (picnic in the park) tomorrow! Kids are super welcome and fun+drinks+snacks will be in high supply! ✨
(Details in the replies!)
(Details in the replies!)
October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
✨Not to be outdone, we are throwing our OWN gala (picnic in the park) tomorrow! Kids are super welcome and fun+drinks+snacks will be in high supply! ✨
(Details in the replies!)
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Official statement from Team Toddler re: *that* NYT piece:
🗣️Lol. LMAO. We especially appreciated this photo of our opposition
🗣️Lol. LMAO. We especially appreciated this photo of our opposition
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Official statement from Team Toddler re: *that* NYT piece:
🗣️Lol. LMAO. We especially appreciated this photo of our opposition
🗣️Lol. LMAO. We especially appreciated this photo of our opposition
DINKs for good! 🫶 Thank you!!!
August 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
DINKs for good! 🫶 Thank you!!!
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SO PROUD of my beautiful amazing girlfriend for testifying against P4A indexing *as a* P4A taxpayer. The indexing proposal was tabled later in this meeting and everyone who spoke up contributed.
August 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
SO PROUD of my beautiful amazing girlfriend for testifying against P4A indexing *as a* P4A taxpayer. The indexing proposal was tabled later in this meeting and everyone who spoke up contributed.
Over the past month, our coalition and our community came together to say, NO CUTS, NO COMPROMISES. Thank you for every email, phonecall, public comment, and PB&J assembly line for toddlers at evening meetings. Together, we won Preschool for All- AGAIN! The tax cuts are paused!
August 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Over the past month, our coalition and our community came together to say, NO CUTS, NO COMPROMISES. Thank you for every email, phonecall, public comment, and PB&J assembly line for toddlers at evening meetings. Together, we won Preschool for All- AGAIN! The tax cuts are paused!
Live shot of Andrew Hoan from Portland Metro Chamber as the Multnomah County Board begins debating cuts to Preschool for All
August 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Live shot of Andrew Hoan from Portland Metro Chamber as the Multnomah County Board begins debating cuts to Preschool for All
Let's take a look at some examples of how the Preschool For All tax works! 👀
It's a progressive revenue mechanism that will guarantee all these payers free preschool once the program goes universal, an average saving of $16,000 per year.✨
It's a progressive revenue mechanism that will guarantee all these payers free preschool once the program goes universal, an average saving of $16,000 per year.✨
August 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Let's take a look at some examples of how the Preschool For All tax works! 👀
It's a progressive revenue mechanism that will guarantee all these payers free preschool once the program goes universal, an average saving of $16,000 per year.✨
It's a progressive revenue mechanism that will guarantee all these payers free preschool once the program goes universal, an average saving of $16,000 per year.✨
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It was great to be in a room full of families and local leaders to say: we support Preschool For All! East Portland has the most families out of all the districts, so it’s very important to me that we keep growing PFA.
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#FriendsofPFA
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August 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It was great to be in a room full of families and local leaders to say: we support Preschool For All! East Portland has the most families out of all the districts, so it’s very important to me that we keep growing PFA.
@friendsofpfa.bsky.social
#FriendsofPFA
@friendsofpfa.bsky.social
#FriendsofPFA
🥰... our emails do contain a lot of good info! Get on the list at friendsofPFA.org to get yours!✨
Some ppl are shouting about how the preschool for all tax is driving ppl out of Multco. Here’s some information data about what ppl pay. The cost of moving would be more than this tax. If you + partner’s taxable income is 270k, you owe $1k. No one is moving for $1000.
August 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
🥰... our emails do contain a lot of good info! Get on the list at friendsofPFA.org to get yours!✨
Thanks for being there and standing with us to protect Preschool for All, @counciloravalos.bsky.social!
It was great to be in a room full of families and local leaders to say: we support Preschool For All! East Portland has the most families out of all the districts, so it’s very important to me that we keep growing PFA.
@friendsofpfa.bsky.social
#FriendsofPFA
@friendsofpfa.bsky.social
#FriendsofPFA
August 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Thanks for being there and standing with us to protect Preschool for All, @counciloravalos.bsky.social!
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Can't be there tonight, but I support Preschool For All!
🍕Looking for something that involves a little less clicking and a little more pizza? Come to our Town Hall on Wednesday!
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August 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Can't be there tonight, but I support Preschool For All!
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As the program grows, so will the benefits to this community. This is a strategic investment in our workforce, in affordability, in school performance – the things that matter most to families.
Preschool for All will help make Multnomah County a destination of choice for young & aspiring families.
Preschool for All will help make Multnomah County a destination of choice for young & aspiring families.
August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As the program grows, so will the benefits to this community. This is a strategic investment in our workforce, in affordability, in school performance – the things that matter most to families.
Preschool for All will help make Multnomah County a destination of choice for young & aspiring families.
Preschool for All will help make Multnomah County a destination of choice for young & aspiring families.
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Here with my team to listen at the @friendsofpfa.bsky.social town hall. This room is packed with enthusiasm for universal preschool.
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Here with my team to listen at the @friendsofpfa.bsky.social town hall. This room is packed with enthusiasm for universal preschool.
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I really loved this article about the benefits of childcare that go beyond “parents can work.” Preschool has had a huge benefit for our family even though I’m still at home with our younger kid. Ignoring these social benefits may encourage limiting universal childcare proposals to working parents.
Childcare Is Not Just an Economic Fix. It’s a Social Good.
Even strong defenders of childcare sometimes rely on the economic case that childcare programs keep workers in the labor force. While it’s not wrong, that argument misses the true role of childcare: s...
jacobin.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I really loved this article about the benefits of childcare that go beyond “parents can work.” Preschool has had a huge benefit for our family even though I’m still at home with our younger kid. Ignoring these social benefits may encourage limiting universal childcare proposals to working parents.
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Let's keep going to universality:
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
August 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Let's keep going to universality:
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
📚Today's required reading:
"There’s no real evidence linking downtown’s woes to local taxes. No flight of the wealthy shows up in the statistics."
"There’s no real evidence linking downtown’s woes to local taxes. No flight of the wealthy shows up in the statistics."
August 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
📚Today's required reading:
"There’s no real evidence linking downtown’s woes to local taxes. No flight of the wealthy shows up in the statistics."
"There’s no real evidence linking downtown’s woes to local taxes. No flight of the wealthy shows up in the statistics."
Say it with us: HANDS OFF PRESCHOOL FOR ALL!🗣️✨
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actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
August 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Say it with us: HANDS OFF PRESCHOOL FOR ALL!🗣️✨
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
Folks are finding ways to tell County Commissioners exactly what they think about cutting Preschool for All.
Watch these public comments from yesterday's regular board meeting! 💛
District 1 coming in hot🔥
Watch these public comments from yesterday's regular board meeting! 💛
District 1 coming in hot🔥
August 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Folks are finding ways to tell County Commissioners exactly what they think about cutting Preschool for All.
Watch these public comments from yesterday's regular board meeting! 💛
District 1 coming in hot🔥
Watch these public comments from yesterday's regular board meeting! 💛
District 1 coming in hot🔥