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Wed, Dec 2 · 10 AM · Albany · Buffalo · NYC

Launch flyer

Flyer: Happy Birthday, Shirley Chisholm! Pay Our Providers campaign launch, Wed Dec 2, 10 AM, Albany, Buffalo and NYC. Register at popny.org/dec2.

Celebrate Shirley Chisholm's 102nd birthday and launch the campaign with providers, parents and kids. The flyer's QR code goes straight to registration at popny.org/dec2.

Print it for your program's front door, hand it out at pickup, or send it to your group chats.

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Social media kit

Download a graphic, copy the caption in English or Spanish, and post. Tag your legislators and use the campaign hashtag.

#PayOurProviders#ChildCareForAllpopny.org/pay
$1.8B: a wage scale for child care workers. #PayOurProviders

The wage scale demand

English

New York's child care providers make every other job possible, yet they earn less than 96% of the state's workers. We're calling for a $1.8B wage scale so every provider, in centers and in homes, earns a thriving wage without raising what families pay. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

Español

Las proveedoras de cuidado infantil hacen posible todos los demás trabajos en Nueva York, pero ganan menos que el 96% de los trabajadores del estado. Exigimos una escala salarial de $1.8B para que cada proveedora, en centros y en casas, gane un salario digno sin aumentar lo que pagan las familias. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

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$1.2B: child care assistance for every eligible family. #PayOurProviders

The CCAP demand

English

Thousands of New York families are stuck on waitlists for child care assistance, and providers can't count on steady income. Fully funding CCAP with $1.2B means no eligible family is turned away. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

Español

Miles de familias en Nueva York están en listas de espera para recibir asistencia de cuidado infantil, y las proveedoras no pueden contar con ingresos estables. Financiar CCAP por completo con $1.2B significa que ninguna familia elegible sea rechazada. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

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NYC family child care providers take home a median of $6.01 an hour.

$6.01 an hour

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$6.01 an hour. That's the median take-home pay of New York City's family child care (FCC) providers, according to the Center for New York City Affairs. Universal child care can't be built on poverty wages. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

Español

$6.01 por hora. Esa es la mediana de lo que se llevan a casa las proveedoras de cuidado infantil familiar de la Ciudad de Nueva York, según el Center for New York City Affairs. El cuidado infantil universal no se puede construir con salarios de pobreza. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

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Child care educators in New York earn less than 96% of the state's workers.

Less than 96% of workers

English

Child care educators in New York earn less than 96% of the state's workers: a median of $37,675 a year, compared with $84,721 for elementary school teachers. Same kids, a few years older. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

Español

Las educadoras de cuidado infantil en Nueva York ganan menos que el 96% de los trabajadores del estado: una mediana de $37,675 al año, frente a $84,721 de las maestras de primaria. Los mismos niños, unos años mayores. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

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Happy Birthday, Shirley! Pay Our Providers campaign launch, Wed Dec 2, 10 AM, Albany, Buffalo, NYC. popny.org/dec2

Dec 2 launch invite

English

Join providers, parents and kids on Wed, Dec 2 at 10 AM in Albany, Buffalo and NYC as we launch the campaign to Pay Our Providers and celebrate Shirley Chisholm's 102nd birthday. Free and family-friendly. Register: popny.org/dec2 #PayOurProviders

Español

Únete a proveedoras, familias y niños el miércoles 2 de diciembre a las 10 AM en Albany, Buffalo y NYC para lanzar la campaña Pay Our Providers y celebrar el cumpleaños 102 de Shirley Chisholm. Gratis y para toda la familia. Regístrate: popny.org/dec2 #PayOurProviders

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Pay Our Providers: $1.8B wage scale, $1.2B CCAP. popny.org/pay

Link banner (Facebook, X, email)

English

Child care is the work that makes all other work possible. It's time New York paid providers like it. Two demands for the 2027 budget: a $1.8B wage scale and $1.2B for child care assistance. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

Español

El cuidado infantil es el trabajo que hace posible todos los demás. Es hora de que Nueva York les pague a las proveedoras como se merecen. Dos demandas para el presupuesto 2027: una escala salarial de $1.8B y $1.2B para la asistencia de cuidado infantil. #PayOurProviders popny.org/pay

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See the full campaign.

The need, the solution, our champions and endorsers are all at popny.org/pay.