Hello,

Rashmi Tandon from Columbia m d

Flora Gee, Greenbelt Children's Center/MDAEYC

Prince George's Child Resource Center - Prince George's County Maryland

hello!! Karen & Rachel from Celebree of Laurel Bush-harford county-MD!

Thank you, Delegate Solomon, for championing child care

Upper Marlboro, PG County

Odenton, MD!

hello all! Maria Eid Gaithersburg 🙂

Patty Stine - La Plata (Charles County)

Hello, from Charles County,Md

Evette West-Brooks Glen Burnie Md Daycare in home provider

Christina Peusch, Maryland State Child Care Association

Joanne Hurt from Wonders Early Learning + Extended Day

Arlene Ennis, Prince George's Co.

Jo Smetak Running Brook Children's Nursery

Good Afternoon, Sabrina from Baltimore City

Candace Place from Anne Arundel Community College TEACH Institute

Yolanda Jenkins. Family League of Baltimore. Baltimore City Early Childhood Advisory Council

Good afternoon - Glad to be here! Tiffany Jones Chair of the Montgomery County Community Action Board and family childcare provider 🤗

Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center

Kim Green Randallstown, MD

Maryam Geramifar , family child care provider from Montgomery county

Sharon Holloway, PACT medical child care (affiliated with Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Nancy Anselm. Montessori Schools of Maryland

Hello everyone

Dana Barnhart - Kiddie Academy. of Kent Island

Ruth Claytor, owner Grannie Annie's Child Care Anne Arundel County

Hello, from University of Maryland School of Nursing!

All should mean centers, family and large family - the bill appears to be just for centers that have no enrollment

Firoza Salahuddin from Carealot Child Care. Thank you for doing this

Good afternoon from Play Centers, Inc. / Play and Learn!

Alan Guttman - Johns Hopkins IDEALS Institute - I hope all of you and your families are well.

Mary Chaney- Rainbiw Blessings

Thank you Senator King and Delegate Solomon!!!! :)

Good afternoon! Luisa Simat family childcare from Germantown MD

hello everyone from Little Tots Daycare from Prince George’s County

Dawn M. Rey (Anne Arundel County)

Sarah Neils- Creative Explorers Child Care in Montgomery County

Dr. Kamran Abro from The Joy of Learning Centers, PG & Baltimore County.

This is Naushaba Bokhari from Academy Child Development Center Inc, in Rockville.

I have another virtual meeting today too so will this be recorded so we can listen later?

good afternoon, everyone - Tricia Swanson with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce here in support!

THANK YOU!!

Good Afternoon

St. Ann's Child Care Center Hyattsville, MD

Hello everyone from Day Care, Inc.

Thank You!👋👋

Thank you 🙏🏻

Diana Holzberger from Bright Eyes Early Learning centers in Montgomery, Frederick and Washington Counties

Hello Greenway Learning Center. Prince Georges County

MSCCA!! Thank you!

Thank you to all the advocacy leaders!!

Edith Onaolapo from Blessed DayCare

Hello ! Gabriela from ABC Kidstimr

Hello from a daycare parent in Silver Spring, MD

Thank you, MSFCCA!

Good Afternoon from Deena Kinnaman, Howard County and THANK YOU for your support!

Thank you

Beth Myers is our child care champion at SEIU Local 500!

Stephanie Schaefer with MDAEYC here. We thank Del. Solomon and his colleagues for their work on this important legislation.

Christina Segura- Parents of Preschoolers, Inc (POPI) at NIH in Montgomery County

Good afternoon from Bee Inspired Family Daycare in Calvert County

BCFCCA Newsletter Editor from Baltimore County

For press inquiries, contact:Eden Durbin, 301-802-5985Doug Lent, 410-736-0430

Ishrat Memon Childway early learning center

Good afternoon from the Latino Childcare Association of Maryland!

Senator King is a childcare champion

hello!

hello from Child Care Choices

So many spaces are not filled - expansion is only needed when spaces are full

Appreciate support for early childhood educators, and help getting us vaccinated to keep us safe and open, serving families! - Sarah Meytin, Rockville, MD

Good afternoon

Good Afternoon

good afternoon... Susan Lawson registered family child care provider in St Mary's County and board member of MSFCCA

Fransice Mcclain

Please contact your legislators and encourage them to support the Child Care Provider Support Act. Click here to send an email https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

This meeting is being recorded so anyone can access it after its conclusion!

good afternoon everyone

Good afternoon, everyone

María Paz Saavedra, ArcoirisBCC 🌈

Wilmarie Murillo, From Arco Iris Bilingual Children’s Center, Laurel.

helpful, and distressing, data. TY

Yup - our first problem is getting the spaces filled.

Same as family childcare the first priority is to fill up the spaces

Thank you for considering our needs and urgency. A comment on the bill: no other industry in the nation has been required to participate in a quality rating system before receiving federal or state financial assistance during the pandemic. Why is this bill tied to EXCELS membership? Jessica Kemper, Woods Child Development Center (we are in EXCELS but recognize this is a choice, not a requirement - per MSDE itself) Or is it possible that MSDE only wants EXCELS-participating centers to survive this pandemic?

Non Profits really struggling. 36 years in child care and we are half enrollment. Have had to close 3 times. But we are open!

For press inquiries, contact:Eden Durbin, 301-802-5985Doug Lent, 410-736-0430

Most of the family childcare lost 90% of the children

I could be wrong but the bill seems to be for centers only not family child care and for centers that don't have anyone enrolled now.

Please contact your legislators and encourage them to support the Child Care Provider Support Act. Click here to send an email https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Amen

Thank you for speaking to the value of child care for children's development!

The bill provides support to both child care centers and family providers. The language will be clarified with a Sponsor's amendment at the bill hearing tomorrow.

Great message Carolina!

Carolina! Great job!!!!!

Thank you to all of our early childhood provider leaders who are sharing our story!

Thank you for stand out for child care

Yes - no excells requiremet - its expensive paperwork

Well said! Thank you for being our voice!

Let your legislators know you support the Child Care Provider Support Act. Click here to send an email https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Great job Carolina, I agree

excellent job

Great Job Caroline! Very important to not exclude any providers please. We must not discriminate against any providers. Thank you for clearing up that confusion Del. Solomon

Well said Carolina!

@ Carolina! Great voice!

Great Job

Well Said!

Exelente!! Carolina Reyes 👏

Magnífico trabajo,gracias Me. Carolina

great job speakers... but this idea of adding this bill onto other “packages “ is the problem

Maryland Excels have lot of works but not fair to the family childcare providers with level 1 without any help at all

Well said Carolina, let's support all child care providers!

Very well said Carolina Reyes!

Yup! 23 years here and I am struggling! Lost over $30,000. last year!

Thankyou for your voice for all Ms Carolina

Jared, can you speak to the amendments that are being considered re: EXCELs and Family Child Care, in particular? Providers who are not FCC or in EXCELs may not jump to support the leg if they don't think they'll be included. It would help us to rally support across more folks and raise more voices.

Excelente, gracias!!! Ms. Carolina

Of course, child care providers will support a bill that helps us stay in business. We would appreciate equity for all providers in the application and award process.

Yay Carolina! So good.

Great work, Kristina

Thank you! Ms. Reyes well said and articulated! iIt is really a challenging time. The virtual learners provisions, PPE supplies, FCC we are having 1-3 children and lots of virtual learners (own children & others). And what can we do as our utilities, supplies and all are not going away. Thank you Ms. Ganyon you hit it home fir FCC

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Shola Hassan Thanks for helping DAy care home

the need for child care is far reaching BEST Program AACC

Thanks Beth you are Blessings

Closing Family Provider in-home programs have a direct impact on availability of quality Infant care.

That was great Kristina! Thank you for all you have done to help all of the Calvert County providers!

We were the first Infant child care center opened in MD outside of a hospital setting.. went from 24 staff to 14. Half the children enrolled and we are needed for families to get back to work!

Years ago, in montgomery county, there were 1,200 family child care providers. Now there are about 700ish. The administrative costs, paperwork continued support for centers vs. family child care - as evident by the first draft of this bill has been crushing over the years. These business owner's need support.

Thank you Kristin

Thanks Kristina, we love you

thanks Kristin

Good Afternoon I don't have a camera or a mic :(

Thanks Kristin

I have an accredited Center in Montgomery County for over 20 years. I don't have any student now and I am struggling

I am a family child care provider. I am in Excels. I have always been full for the 28 years until Covid where I lost all but one of my children. I am 7 months behind in my mortgage. I work from 5am to 8 pm then have to clean and sanitize for another two hours. I have never worked as hard for less money since I have been in business

Tell your legislators we need to save child care! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

MSCCA has conveyed to Delegate to include all licensed/registered child care businesses and to be sure good standing is to refer to be licensed/registered as our MD 50 pages of licensing regulations/standards are extremely comprehensive. I know he is working on all necessary language and amendments

Stop excells - lets take care of the kids instead of paperwork

ThNk you so much for thinking about us. We appreciate your time 😷🙏🏽 Help is please We love our careers🙏🏽

Thank you!

Thank you, Senator King!

Thank you all as well!

Thank you, Sen King

Thank you!

Thank you Senator King

Thank you, Senator King!

Thank you for your continued support Sen King!

thank you Sen king for everything you do to support us too!!

The link is here. Let them know child care matters to you! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Thank you Jared Solomon

Thank you Sen. King 👑

Thank you Senator King and Delegate Solomon for everything that you for the child care community

From. Helen Costa. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Del. Solomon!

Thank you.

Thank You Ms. Ruby Daniels you are AWESOME 👏

Thank you Senator Nancy King for understanding

Thank you Senator King!

Thank you 🙏🏻 everyone!

Thank you Delegate Solomon

Home providers are being turned down it’s not fare .we need help,,

On behalf of Montessori International Children's House - thank you.

Thank you all

Thank you Senator King and Del Solomon for all you do to support child care!

done just sent

Did she say to mail a personal note to your legislators?

Thank you All!

God is able!

Thank you Senator King!!! You have always been one of our biggest supporters

Personalize your message and let legislators know child care is essential. https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Academy Child Development Center Inc. has six centers participating in EXCELS and five of them have EXCELS Level 5. We are open and in the survivor mode but have low enrollment and are struggling and suffering losses everyday.

yes make it personal - they think we need to create spaces when we are at 50% enrollment if we are lucky and the debt we have colleted in 2020 is huge

Thank you Julio

Chime in and tell us if you have sent your letter to legislators. https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Thank you, Mr. Silva.

Thank you Senator King.I have only one full time kid and two three days part time kids. I have my knee surgery done and have to keep a full time helper to work. No help for anywhere and no kids enrollment.

Sent my letters yesterday!

Thank you, Mr. Silva.

I have sent my letter!!

Thank you Carol H. for mentioning Anne Arundel Community College BEST program. ..closing of child care centers impact ability to provide mental health/behavioral health services to families and child care centers in Anne Arundel County.

Keep it up! Send those letters and let us know it’s done. https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

I sent my letter!

Child care and early education really matters! Parents can't work without it and our economy depends on it. THANK YOU!

We need an updated draft before we send the letters.

I have e-mailed Delegate Solomon.

Tell us which legislators you’ve emailed today.

Prior I have sent emails and letters to executive Barry Glassman

I have spoken to Delegate Mick McKay and he is in Full Support!

would like email address

I thought you were going to play Baby Shark…lol

I sent mine to Senate President Ferguson and Dels. Clippinger, Lewis, and Lierman!

Pikeville Md

Senator Mary Washington

The bill will provide support to ALL child care providers -- child care centers and family providers.

pikesville

Messages sent to Harford County!

PG County Pinksy so far

Letter sent!

Want a more personal touch? Emails and phone numbers can be found here https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/07leg/html/ga.html

I summited my testimony yesterday and will email my delegates and senators. I sign to do an oral testimony too. Working together we can accomplish so much!!

I contacted Geraldin Valentino Smith and Senator Douglas Peters

Mike Miller's Office and Delegate Michael Jackson

Thank you for writing to me. This is an important issue and I appreciate your feedback.I support child care. However, I have not seen the bill yet. I promise to review it and give it serious consideration.Best,Delegate Peña-Melnyk

I'm not seeing the list

contacted Dana Stein, Jon S. Cardin, Shelly Hettleman, and Lisa Belcastro

Emails sent to Frederick County Representatives!

My letter has been sent

I've sent it to Senator Michael Hough

I just send mine.

to help Support Child Care

I submitted testimony in support of HB608!

Baltimore County

Messaged former Senator Mike Miller's office and Delegate Susie Proctor

Sent

Writing LORIG CHARKOUDIAN right now!

#SupportChildCare

Yvette Gordon Baltimore Md 21239 Thank you

I sent in my testimony along with emailing by delegates.

I contacted Justin Ready, Haven Shoemaker, April Rose, and Susan Krebs from Senate District 5.

Family daycare are the best for the foundation for the kids from howard count little shining stars

I sent my letter thanks

Yes, Support Child Care! Don’t forget about Family Child Carr Providers!

MSFCCA send a written testimony from Rebecca Hancock and am oral testimony tomorrow

Gracias Señor Julio Silva ,por su apoyo muy buen trabajo.

bums is, David, feldman

Sorry, I din't make a sign.

Just joining us? Let your legislators know we need to save child care! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Monica Braden, Latino Childcare association of Maryland.

I did email the Delegate most of the time

Sending to Guy Guzzone, Vanessa Atterbeary, Shane Pendergrass and Jen Terrasa.

Family Child Care is included in this bill

Thank you, Ruby Daniels for all that you do for Family Child Care!

Great job, everyone! We are going to continue this fight together.

I can’t find information. Who for Baltimore Md

thank you Ruby Daniels for all the hard work and support

This link will help you find your legislator. https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Beth, that was a great sign, wish I made one.

From Amanda Herrera support child care!

May we all be blessed. Stay safe.

Emailed Carroll County delegates -Justin Ready, Haven Shoemaker, Susan Krebs and April Rose

Just joining us? Let your legislators know we need to save child care! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Remember to advocate for our field!! Let's keep raising our voices!!!

Thanks for spending some of your naptime with us..

Go to link above. Scroll down. fill in your address and voila!

Thanks for all of your hard work on our behalf

Thank you so much, Delegate Solomon!!!!! :) Fighting the good fight!

Thank you for all you are doing to help childcare in MD!

Just joining us? Let your legislators know we need to save child care! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

Thank you!!!

Spark-a-smart Daycare Ministry, Frederick MD

Thank you Jesus

$1000 Heros Bonus to every child care worker

Thank you for this! Support

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Thanks a million times!

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Thank you Del Solomon! We appreciate your support!

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Thank you from Best Buddies Learning Center at White Marsh Inc! We appreciate you!

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Arcoiris Bilingual Children center 🌈🌈🌈🌈

Braden braden_monica@yahoo.compresident LCAM

thankyou very much

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Thank you!!! We appreciate any help you can give us!!!

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Thank you delegate SOLOMON and Senator King Del Ebersole! Stay strong essential child care we love you

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Stay Safe Everyone!

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Gracias Carolina Reyes

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thank you from Little Angels Childcare

Blessings to everyone stay strong and stay safe Tiffany Davis Littlestars Daycare Baltimore City

Thank you!!!

Gracias Carolina Reyes

Gracias Carolina Reyes ArcoirisBCC🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

Your legislator can be found here https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

thank you from Little Lights of Faith

`Let your legislators know we need to save child care! https://act.marylandfamilynetwork.org/supportchildcare

type in your address to contact your delegates

Thank you. Sandra Nunez de Ubiera.

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