The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ Post

As the 2025 legislature begins, we will face a $10-12-billion-dollar shortfall over the next four years. The need for new revenue is urgent. Last time, lawmakers chose to balance the budget at the expense of low-income Washingtonians, children, and people with disabilities through devastating cuts over passing more equitable and progressive revenue. Now, they have the perfect opportunity this session to right those wrongs. Lawmakers must pass multiple progressive revenue solutions to fund the programs and services that help make Washington communities affordable and a desirable place to live. Read more about our legislative agenda: https://lnkd.in/gyiEUVgU

From the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: "Child care, elder care and disability care are crucial for our society. However, care work is not seen as a public good and is void of adequate public investment. Instead, our state and country place an undue child care burden on women despite their often needing and wanting to earn a living. In child care, we subsidize the true cost of care on the backs of ECE teachers, who, in Georgia, are disproportionately Black, and earn far less than the work demands." Read the GBPI's budget and policy recommendations paving the way to an accessible, thriving child care system that benefits both providers and families at https://buff.ly/3Yw1s1w

From the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: "Child care, elder care and disability care are crucial for our society. However, care work is not seen as a public good and is void of adequate public investment. Instead, our state and country place an undue child care burden on women despite their often needing and wanting to earn a living. In child care, we subsidize the true cost of care on the backs of ECE teachers, who, in Georgia, are disproportionately Black, and earn far less than the work demands." Read the GBPI's budget and policy recommendations paving the way to an accessible, thriving child care system that benefits both providers and families at https://buff.ly/3Yw1s1w

Gov. Newsom's state budget proposal should reflect our values. What is more important than investing in the care and education of our children? Check out our latest video from Child Action.

NEW: Governor Gavin Newsom just released his latest budget. What does this mean for child care in California? Here’s what we know: ✅ No proposed cuts to child care funding, ensuring stability for families and providers. ✅ A continued commitment to collectively bargain with CCPU for fair reimbursement rates for providers. ✅ No mention of strengthening the ECE workforce or expanding child care access—both critical to California’s future. We commend this progress, but the work is far from done.   With California goes the rest of the nation. Governor Gavin Newsom and legislators, let's lead the nation by taking bold action to ensure equitable access to affordable, high-quality child care, fair compensation for providers, and investments in workforce development and child care expansion to meet the needs of California’s families. #innovation #future #education #SupportFamilies #InvestInKids #EarlyChildhoodEducation

As you may have heard, Maryland Governor Wes Moore's proposed budget cuts to DDA funding would significantly impact some of the programs and services that thousands of Marylanders depend on every day. Low Intensity Support Services, a program Penn-Mar is proud to offer, is proposed to be eliminated completely. But you can help! Contact your state representative and let them know how these cuts could deeply impact Maryland's intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) community! Not sure who to call? Click the link to find out who your state representative is in Annapolis and make your voice heard: https://lnkd.in/gyMcG4Wb #pennmar #humanserviuces #annapolis #disabilityadvocate #disabilitysupport #disabilitycare

In 2015, Illinois passed a bill to establish the Illinois ABLE program. People with disabilities can now save up to $100,000 in an ABLE account without losing their SSI benefits. ABLE accounts allow for tax-free investment growth when the money is spent on qualified disability expenses, such as assistive technology, therapies, specialized equipment, transportation, job coaching, health care, education, and more. https://lnkd.in/gR5u8jpx

Join Us for a PA ABLE Savings Program Info Session on November 6. Learn how a Pennsylvania ABLE (PA ABLE) Savings Program account can help individuals with disabilities and their families save tax-free for a variety of disability-related expenses—all while keeping important benefits intact. During the session, Outreach Specialist, Diana Fishlock will discuss eligibility requirements, federal and state tax benefits, and how PA ABLE interacts with current benefits. Register here ➡️: https://bit.ly/3TVpikv #WellnessWesndaysWithWoods #PABLE #DisabilitySupport #FinancialPlanning #DisabilityAwareness

An Economic Agenda That Works Kamala Harris has actual past, ongoing and planned policies, that make lives better for the majority :- 1. Paid family leave and childcare 2. First homeowner incentives 3. Small business incentives including skills development 4. Extending Medicare 5. Protecting the ACA 6. Restoring reproductive rights 7. Managing price gouging 8. Promoting good, high paying union jobs 9. Student debt forgiveness 10. Support for HBCUs 11. Lowering prescription drug prices 12. Raising taxes on billionaires 13. Child tax credits 14. Enhanced consumer protection 15. Raising the minimum wage Every eligible voter should act in their interest. https://lnkd.in/etB_WKAT

We are in post election analysis season. Please share this post every time someone says that the Dems did not have an economic agenda or failed working class people. Those two things are simply not factual. If you chose not to become familiar with the economic agenda proposed or are unable to compare the outcomes across candidates, that’s on you. Maybe the campaign could have done more to demystify some of the terms and constructs. But it is not hard to understand that having more affordable child care, paid care for elderly and disabled, support for managing health care costs and a higher minimum wage would benefit millions of Americans families. That’s even before the policies for housing and small business. And, the workforce development skills programs in place and planned. Being an informed citizen is as important as enjoying rights. #economicliteracy #rootcauses #economicsforuplifting #LeversOfChange