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Caring Across Generations Partners With Geena Davis’s Institute and USC’s Norman Lear Center To Study Caregiving Representations in Scripted Television...

In response to the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski, Nicole Jorwic, chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

Caring Across Generations leadership is excited to announce the voluntary recognition of its employees’ union, Communications Workers of American Union (CWA) 1180.

Caring Across Generations Responds to POTUS Signing the Fiscal Responsibility Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 3, 2023 Caring Across Generations on POTUS’ Debt Ceiling Agreement Speech  Bipartisan Budget Agreement Protects Medicaid...

Gov. Kemp’s Removal of the Direct Care Worker Wage Increase in FY 2024 Budget Harms Georgians TO: Interested Parties  FROM:...

Ai-jen Poo celebrates Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter's dedication to caregiving

In response to President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reaching a deal on the debt ceiling, Nicole Jorwic, chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

Disability and aging groups and Senator Bob Casey were joined by care advocates and nearly 500 activists from around the country for a Save Medicaid Online Rally on May 24.

Today, elected leaders introduced the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act and the Healthy Families Act to address the country’s paid family and medical leave crisis.

In response to President Joe Biden’s speech this afternoon in Valhalla, New York regarding the debt limit, Nicole Jorwic, chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

On Friday, Governor Brian Kemp removed the legislature’s bipartisan approval of the Department of Behavioral Health and Human Services $6/hour wage increase recommendation for direct care workers supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the final FY 2024 budget. 

Following the Biden Administration releasing the largest slate of executive actions for care in history, Michigan legislators and the Care Can't Wait Michigan Coalition gathered Thursday at the Capitol for the first meeting of the Bipartisan Care Caucus meeting to create a space in the state legislature devoted to the issue of care, as well as to uplifting women of color caregivers and those receiving care across the state of Michigan. 

Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (WA) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA) reintroduced the Child Care for Working Families Act (CCWFA) to help working families find and afford the child care they need to succeed, improve the quality of care for all children, increase compensation and provide training for child care workers, and jumpstart our economy by creating thousands of new child care jobs.

In response to the House vote passing the Default On America Act, Nicole Jorwic, chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

It’s important that any presidential campaign continues to build on these successes and pass vital legislation supporting families — including policies and plans to strengthen the country's care infrastructure.

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold FDA approval of mifepristone, Nicole Jorwic, Chief of Campaigns and Advocacy of Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

In response to the House GOP’s “Limit, Save, Grow” proposal, Nicole Jorwic, Chief of Advocacy and Campaigns at Caring Across Generations, released a statement.

The Care Can’t Wait Coalition applauds the White House for its extraordinary work to ensure that care is at the forefront of federal policymaking. This executive order ensures systemic change for care workers, people who receive care, and caregivers. Moreover, this executive order makes clear that the Biden Administration understands care infrastructure is the foundation that individuals and families need, is how our communities thrive, and is the work that drives the economy as a whole.

This morning, the Biden Administration released the largest slate of executive actions for care in history through an unprecedented executive order that includes 50 different directives to federal agencies to address affordability and quality of child care, long-term care for aging and disabled adults, and job quality of the care workforce. 

In an unprecedented show of unity of workers and leaders across the care economy, the Care Can't Wait Coalition, National Domestic Workers Alliance, SEIU, AFL-CIO, AFT, AFSCME, Community Change, and Care in Action will gather in Washington, D.C. for the first ever Care Workers Can't Wait Summit on April 18 and 19 to address the needs of care workers and carve out a path forward that strengthens our care infrastructure and economy.

IPM: As your newsroom prepares to cover Speaker McCarthy’s speech this morning to Wall Street regarding the debt limit, please consider the below information that outlines how his proposals will harm millions of Americans. 

The FrameWorks Institute, in partnership with PHI, Caring Across Generations and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, has released a new report showing that people still view care workers as essential and care work remains both visible and important to Americans, despite a sharp decline in public discourse about COVID-19. 

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a White House Proclamation declaring April as Care Workers Recognition Month. This proclamation comes at a time when this country continues to deal with a direct care worker shortage crisis, caused by low wages and poor benefits.

In response to the Biden-Harris Administration announcing a White House Proclamation declaring April as Care Workers Recognition Month, the Care Can’t Wait Coalition issued a statement.