Chabeli Carrazana
@chabeli.bsky.social
Economy + labor + equity @19thnews | she/her
📩 ccarrazana(at)http://19thnews.org
📩 ccarrazana(at)http://19thnews.org
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here.
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Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here.
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States are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are out of options
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here.
19thnews.org/2025/11/stat...
Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here.
19thnews.org/2025/11/stat...
A GoFundMe for this teacher, who is a mother of two young children, has so far raised $70k: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A GoFundMe for this teacher, who is a mother of two young children, has so far raised $70k: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
134 Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico serving 58,627 children are at risk of closings as federal funds expire. Since the beginning of October, an additional six Head Start programs serving 6,525 children have been operating without federal funding.
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Head Start programs begin to shutter, leaving 65,000 kids at risk
The government shutdown has forced providers of the early learning and child care program for lower-income families to close across the country.
19thnews.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
134 Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico serving 58,627 children are at risk of closings as federal funds expire. Since the beginning of October, an additional six Head Start programs serving 6,525 children have been operating without federal funding.
19thnews.org/2025/11/head...
19thnews.org/2025/11/head...
TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave policy.
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Can Hollywood do for paid leave what Congress hasn’t?
TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave pol...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave policy.
19thnews.org/2025/10/holl...
19thnews.org/2025/10/holl...
ICE has recently targeted patients in hospital maternity wards and on their way home from prenatal visits. As a result,
many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care.
~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status.
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many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care.
~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status.
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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk
Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.
19thnews.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ICE has recently targeted patients in hospital maternity wards and on their way home from prenatal visits. As a result,
many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care.
~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care.
~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
If you haven't had a chance to catch it, Make a Circle is a beautiful, heartbreaking look into the child care workers doing absolutely essential work every day in a society that has yet to value them. It's really worth a watch, and now streaming on PBS!
Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...
Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you haven't had a chance to catch it, Make a Circle is a beautiful, heartbreaking look into the child care workers doing absolutely essential work every day in a society that has yet to value them. It's really worth a watch, and now streaming on PBS!
Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...
Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...
For the next 12 weeks, The 19th is talking all things menopause in a new, weekly by the great @jennifergerson.bsky.social!
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Menopause, without the noise
We’re talking about it, in your inbox every Tuesday.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
For the next 12 weeks, The 19th is talking all things menopause in a new, weekly by the great @jennifergerson.bsky.social!
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In every category surveyed — groceries, housing, child care, medical bills and retirement — women are more likely to say they are worried about covering those expenses.
Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories
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Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories
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When it comes to rising costs, women are more worried than men — about everything
A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll found that women — especially women of color — were more worried about covering the cost of groceries, housing, medical bills, child care and rent.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In every category surveyed — groceries, housing, child care, medical bills and retirement — women are more likely to say they are worried about covering those expenses.
Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories
19thnews.org/2025/09/poll...
Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories
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For a story! Looking to speak to women about the cost of living — groceries, child care, housing, medical bills, retirement.
If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!
If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For a story! Looking to speak to women about the cost of living — groceries, child care, housing, medical bills, retirement.
If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!
If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!
A gutting and beautiful piece by @oriion.bsky.social about what it's like to be the parent of a trans child in this moment. Worth a read:
I spoke with five families in the D.C. region about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
What it’s like raising trans kids in Trump’s backyard
Families in and around Washington, D.C., are navigating the White House’s crackdown on gender-affirming care and a growing assertion of federal power.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A gutting and beautiful piece by @oriion.bsky.social about what it's like to be the parent of a trans child in this moment. Worth a read:
Diaper need is a problem so big and with so few solutions that I'm always interested when I I come across a new one.
This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio:
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This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio:
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What if diapers were free for the parents who need them most?
Diaper Dollars, a nonprofit that gives families in need money to cover diaper expenses, could be a model for states looking to offer more solutions to the diaper need crisis.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Diaper need is a problem so big and with so few solutions that I'm always interested when I I come across a new one.
This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio:
19thnews.org/2025/09/diap...
This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio:
19thnews.org/2025/09/diap...
The only federal program that funds on-campus child care, CCAMPIS, has seen unprecedented cuts this year from the Trump administration.
Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program.
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Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program.
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There's a new push to save child care on college campuses
Two Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to fully fund CCAMPIS, the only federal program that funds on-campus child care.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The only federal program that funds on-campus child care, CCAMPIS, has seen unprecedented cuts this year from the Trump administration.
Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program.
19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...
Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program.
19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...
Reposted by Chabeli Carrazana
From this story: what they saw at ICE's Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana. Six months apart.
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
From this story: what they saw at ICE's Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana. Six months apart.
In Washington, D.C., where close to 40% of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence.
“What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”
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“What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”
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‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown
In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...
19thnews.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In Washington, D.C., where close to 40% of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence.
“What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...
“What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...
Reposted by Chabeli Carrazana
This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”
Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.
Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.
‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown
In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...
19thnews.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”
Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.
Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.
You may have seen our story about the impact the detention of a child care worker had on her Seattle community. She recently told me what happened to her & her family in detention.
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
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“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
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A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes
Nicolle Orozco Forero brings us inside the country's largest family detention center, where she was kept with her husband and two sons.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
You may have seen our story about the impact the detention of a child care worker had on her Seattle community. She recently told me what happened to her & her family in detention.
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
Reposted by Chabeli Carrazana
They were soon handcuffed, stripped of their belongings and shuffled to the back of the building. Orozco Forero said she showed an ICE officer a letter from Juan David’s doctors approving a biopsy; the officer tore it apart, she said. “This no longer works,” the officer told her.
A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes
Nicolle Orozco Forero brings us inside the country's largest family detention center, where she was kept with her husband and two sons.
19thnews.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
They were soon handcuffed, stripped of their belongings and shuffled to the back of the building. Orozco Forero said she showed an ICE officer a letter from Juan David’s doctors approving a biopsy; the officer tore it apart, she said. “This no longer works,” the officer told her.
In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years.
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
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It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
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New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
19thnews.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years.
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...
Women who turned to Etsy to build their small businesses are facing the prospect of closing or downsizing bc of tariffs.
"I just want to make a decent living doing something I feel deeply passionate about —that’s my American dream. It just feels like it’s slipping away”
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"I just want to make a decent living doing something I feel deeply passionate about —that’s my American dream. It just feels like it’s slipping away”
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Why your favorite Etsy treasures could soon cost more — or go away entirely
Women who turned to Etsy to build their small businesses are facing the prospect of closing or downsizing because of tariffs.
19thnews.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Women who turned to Etsy to build their small businesses are facing the prospect of closing or downsizing bc of tariffs.
"I just want to make a decent living doing something I feel deeply passionate about —that’s my American dream. It just feels like it’s slipping away”
19thnews.org/2025/09/etsy...
"I just want to make a decent living doing something I feel deeply passionate about —that’s my American dream. It just feels like it’s slipping away”
19thnews.org/2025/09/etsy...
It's pretty undeniable. Black women (and men) are being hit particularly hard by job loss. Just look at that climb.
Black women's unemployment rate in August (6.7%) is the highest in four years.
We noticed this trend in July: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Black women's unemployment rate in August (6.7%) is the highest in four years.
We noticed this trend in July: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
September 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's pretty undeniable. Black women (and men) are being hit particularly hard by job loss. Just look at that climb.
Black women's unemployment rate in August (6.7%) is the highest in four years.
We noticed this trend in July: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Black women's unemployment rate in August (6.7%) is the highest in four years.
We noticed this trend in July: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Reposted by Chabeli Carrazana
Last night I sweated through my pajamas so bad I could almost wring them out.
6,000 people enter menopause every day. Yet the experience is under-covered. @19thnews.org' latest newsletter is here — a space for real talk about middle age. Sign up early (for FREE!)
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6,000 people enter menopause every day. Yet the experience is under-covered. @19thnews.org' latest newsletter is here — a space for real talk about middle age. Sign up early (for FREE!)
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Menopause, without the noise
We’re talking about it, in your inbox every Tuesday.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Last night I sweated through my pajamas so bad I could almost wring them out.
6,000 people enter menopause every day. Yet the experience is under-covered. @19thnews.org' latest newsletter is here — a space for real talk about middle age. Sign up early (for FREE!)
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6,000 people enter menopause every day. Yet the experience is under-covered. @19thnews.org' latest newsletter is here — a space for real talk about middle age. Sign up early (for FREE!)
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Reposted by Chabeli Carrazana
Join @19thnews.org 09/18 in Austin for our inaugural Ronya Kozmetsky Salon for women and LGBTQ+ people in business. @chabeli.bsky.social will interview entrepreneurs Janice Omadeke and Alejandra Aguirre then stick around for conversation and community.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Join @19thnews.org 09/18 in Austin for our inaugural Ronya Kozmetsky Salon for women and LGBTQ+ people in business. @chabeli.bsky.social will interview entrepreneurs Janice Omadeke and Alejandra Aguirre then stick around for conversation and community.
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The juggle of finding summer child care is even more challenging & costly for Black families.
How parents did it this summer & why it matters: “Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen...is so important.”
Excellent story via @alexiswray.bsky.social
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How parents did it this summer & why it matters: “Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen...is so important.”
Excellent story via @alexiswray.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...
This summer, parents stitched together child care to give their kids a ‘space for Black joy’
Amid rising camp costs and limited options, parents built their own patchwork of child care plans with relatives, community programs and Black-led camps.
19thnews.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The juggle of finding summer child care is even more challenging & costly for Black families.
How parents did it this summer & why it matters: “Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen...is so important.”
Excellent story via @alexiswray.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...
How parents did it this summer & why it matters: “Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen...is so important.”
Excellent story via @alexiswray.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...