Kids Count on Us
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We are a coalition of MN community-based childcare providers, teachers & parents who believe that all children deserve high-quality care & workers deserve thriving wages and benefits. We're organizing together to transform how we do childcare.
Powerful testimony today from Angie Clair about the devastating impacts of *all of this* on children and those who care for them. The trauma this is inflicting is profound.
#mnleg #childcare
#mnleg #childcare
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Powerful testimony today from Angie Clair about the devastating impacts of *all of this* on children and those who care for them. The trauma this is inflicting is profound.
#mnleg #childcare
#mnleg #childcare
📣 A powerful letter from a Duluth childcare provider. We made it easy for you to read it all.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
📣 A powerful letter from a Duluth childcare provider. We made it easy for you to read it all.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
So grateful for MN senators and representatives meeting with childcare providers to understand the impacts of a federal childcare funding freeze because those impacts are devastating. #FundChildCare
January 29, 2026 at 6:39 PM
So grateful for MN senators and representatives meeting with childcare providers to understand the impacts of a federal childcare funding freeze because those impacts are devastating. #FundChildCare
The WHY behind why childcare centers are closing across Minnesota tomorrow...
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 AM
The WHY behind why childcare centers are closing across Minnesota tomorrow...
Childcare centers across the state are taking action to make it clear that a federal funding freeze will collapse our childcare system! #FundChildCareNotICE
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Childcare centers across the state are taking action to make it clear that a federal funding freeze will collapse our childcare system! #FundChildCareNotICE
📢 Join us Friday to illustrate our collective power! Without childcare, the whole economy stops and we intend to make that clear‼️
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
📢 Join us Friday to illustrate our collective power! Without childcare, the whole economy stops and we intend to make that clear‼️
In case you were wondering, it's not about childcare.
The total amount of federal money that MN receives for childcare doesn't even crack the top 25 states...
The total amount of federal money that MN receives for childcare doesn't even crack the top 25 states...
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In case you were wondering, it's not about childcare.
The total amount of federal money that MN receives for childcare doesn't even crack the top 25 states...
The total amount of federal money that MN receives for childcare doesn't even crack the top 25 states...
Shared by one of our leaders. A reminder of what is at stake in this moment and our responsibility to keep bending the moral arc toward justice everywhere. #MLKday
January 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Shared by one of our leaders. A reminder of what is at stake in this moment and our responsibility to keep bending the moral arc toward justice everywhere. #MLKday
In the midst of everything being truly horrific, childcare providers, parents, and community members came together yesterday to build community and remind themselves that LOVE WINS!
130+ people, delicious Somali food, lots of art, and lovely togetherness. Blessed to know the very best people...
130+ people, delicious Somali food, lots of art, and lovely togetherness. Blessed to know the very best people...
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
In the midst of everything being truly horrific, childcare providers, parents, and community members came together yesterday to build community and remind themselves that LOVE WINS!
130+ people, delicious Somali food, lots of art, and lovely togetherness. Blessed to know the very best people...
130+ people, delicious Somali food, lots of art, and lovely togetherness. Blessed to know the very best people...
We are getting reports daily, sometimes hourly, of ICE activity at childcare centers. ICE vehicles were in a childcare center parking lot (a tiny one) for several hours yesterday morning,
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We are getting reports daily, sometimes hourly, of ICE activity at childcare centers. ICE vehicles were in a childcare center parking lot (a tiny one) for several hours yesterday morning,
In case you are someone who prefers fact over fiction and thinks the best source for info is the people who are living it every day (childcare providers, teachers, and parents)...here you go.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
In case you are someone who prefers fact over fiction and thinks the best source for info is the people who are living it every day (childcare providers, teachers, and parents)...here you go.
This is where we are.
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This is where we are.
🔊 Minnesota moms are fed up.
ICE killed a mother for standing up for her neighbors. They’re tear‑gassing our kids. Raiding childcare centers. Abducting early educators. Traumatizing our little ones.
📣 Enough is enough. It has to stop.
We need #ICEOutForGood.
ICE killed a mother for standing up for her neighbors. They’re tear‑gassing our kids. Raiding childcare centers. Abducting early educators. Traumatizing our little ones.
📣 Enough is enough. It has to stop.
We need #ICEOutForGood.
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
🔊 Minnesota moms are fed up.
ICE killed a mother for standing up for her neighbors. They’re tear‑gassing our kids. Raiding childcare centers. Abducting early educators. Traumatizing our little ones.
📣 Enough is enough. It has to stop.
We need #ICEOutForGood.
ICE killed a mother for standing up for her neighbors. They’re tear‑gassing our kids. Raiding childcare centers. Abducting early educators. Traumatizing our little ones.
📣 Enough is enough. It has to stop.
We need #ICEOutForGood.
Press conference, Saturday, 10 am, Christ Church Lutheran. Join us.
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Press conference, Saturday, 10 am, Christ Church Lutheran. Join us.
Childcare providers, teachers, kids, and families deserve to live without fear. What is happening is absolutely, unequivocally unacceptable, and dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Childcare providers, teachers, kids, and families deserve to live without fear. What is happening is absolutely, unequivocally unacceptable, and dangerous.
Let’s remember WHO you’re talking about when you’re making claims about fraud. Surprise, it’s us - women, moms, dads, providers, and most importantly, kids.
Providers work over 60 hour weeks. We take money from our own bank accounts to cover payroll.
Providers work over 60 hour weeks. We take money from our own bank accounts to cover payroll.
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Let’s remember WHO you’re talking about when you’re making claims about fraud. Surprise, it’s us - women, moms, dads, providers, and most importantly, kids.
Providers work over 60 hour weeks. We take money from our own bank accounts to cover payroll.
Providers work over 60 hour weeks. We take money from our own bank accounts to cover payroll.
Without federal #childcare funding, thousands of Minnesota families will be without childcare. That's thousands of parents that cannot go to work. That's thousands of jobs that will not get done. It affects all of us. Tell your legislators!
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
January 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Without federal #childcare funding, thousands of Minnesota families will be without childcare. That's thousands of parents that cannot go to work. That's thousands of jobs that will not get done. It affects all of us. Tell your legislators!
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
Without federal #childcare funding, thousands of Minnesota families will be without childcare. That's thousands of parents that cannot go to work. That's thousands of jobs that will not get done. It affects all of us. Tell your legislators!
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Without federal #childcare funding, thousands of Minnesota families will be without childcare. That's thousands of parents that cannot go to work. That's thousands of jobs that will not get done. It affects all of us. Tell your legislators!
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
https://bit.ly/ReleaseCCFunds
Please read our statement regarding the federal administration’s freeze of childcare payments in Minnesota.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Please read our statement regarding the federal administration’s freeze of childcare payments in Minnesota.
You all deserve all the love for stepping up to lead. Your excitement and commitment is contagious and we're so ready to make it grow with you in your communities!
"We are the ones we've been waiting for."
#FundChildCare
"We are the ones we've been waiting for."
#FundChildCare
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You all deserve all the love for stepping up to lead. Your excitement and commitment is contagious and we're so ready to make it grow with you in your communities!
"We are the ones we've been waiting for."
#FundChildCare
"We are the ones we've been waiting for."
#FundChildCare
Our biggest Monday leader shoutout ever and we look forward to shouting out each one of them over the coming months...A huge shoutout to every beautiful human who showed up to build power with us to win fully funded childcare on Saturday (and the 5,000+ others who we spent the day with).
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our biggest Monday leader shoutout ever and we look forward to shouting out each one of them over the coming months...A huge shoutout to every beautiful human who showed up to build power with us to win fully funded childcare on Saturday (and the 5,000+ others who we spent the day with).
The event got great press coverage:
https://www.kaxe.org/local-news/2025-12-04/child-care-providers-policymakers-host-bemidji-affordability-forum
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/elected-officials-provide-feedback-on-child-care-affordability-during-bemidji-forum
https://www.kaxe.org/local-news/2025-12-04/child-care-providers-policymakers-host-bemidji-affordability-forum
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/elected-officials-provide-feedback-on-child-care-affordability-during-bemidji-forum
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Can you imagine a world in which enough childcare spots exist, families pay little to none, and teachers are paid thriving wages? We can! #FundChildCare
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Can you imagine a world in which enough childcare spots exist, families pay little to none, and teachers are paid thriving wages? We can! #FundChildCare
It's Monday! Our Monday leaders shoutout is parent Crystal Noble from Bemidji. She very openly shared her story last week at their Affordability Forum, describing how she had to leave a job she loved because they literally could not find childcare for their daughter Ruby. It took a YEAR!
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's Monday! Our Monday leaders shoutout is parent Crystal Noble from Bemidji. She very openly shared her story last week at their Affordability Forum, describing how she had to leave a job she loved because they literally could not find childcare for their daughter Ruby. It took a YEAR!
Just throwing in a THURSDAY leader shoutout because the fabulous Viri Anguiano of Listos Preschool in Rochester won the Mayor's Medal of Honor today! Congratulations Viri. The lives of the children and families you serve (and ours) are so much richer because of you!
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just throwing in a THURSDAY leader shoutout because the fabulous Viri Anguiano of Listos Preschool in Rochester won the Mayor's Medal of Honor today! Congratulations Viri. The lives of the children and families you serve (and ours) are so much richer because of you!