MEDIA & Insights

February 3, 2022

West Virginia Women Unite To Pressure Joe Manchin On Biden Agenda

A group of mothers from West Virginia showed up at the U.S. Capitol this week to push for members of Congress from their state — including Sen....

February 3, 2022

Armed With Teddy Bears, West Virginia Moms Fight To Save The Child Tax Credit

Behind a pile of teddy bears in front of the Capitol reflecting pool, the West Virginia moms spoke about how the monthly benefit alleviated their...

December 28, 2021

Suggestions for a Manchin Approved Build Back Better

Sue Renner, executive director of the David and Laura Merage Foundation shares, “the proposed new investments in universal pre-K are not in step with the...

December 18, 2021

Early Learning Ventures – a Model for the Nation

Washington Post and The Hechinger Report highlights Early Learning Ventures as a proven model for how to spend federal money on early care and education. Read...

November 23, 2021

Almost Half Of Working Caregivers Say They Can’t Do 2021 Again

It’s not just you: a survey found 42% of working parents just absolutely can’t take another year of this It’s now been almost two years...

October 4, 2021

Problems With Biden’s Universal Pre-K Proposal

The Biden administration is seeking to provide publicly funded, tuition-free prekindergarten to all 3- and 4-year-olds as part of its $3.5 trillion “build back better” plan....

September 18, 2021

Sen Michael Bennet Talks CTC on the Western Slope

The discussion was with the David and Laura Merage Foundation, working professionals, and parents at Wishes and Dreams Child Care in Grand Junction. The event...

July 23, 2021

David Merage Featured in Newsweek on the Childcare Crisis

David writes, “We were facing a child care crisis in the U.S. before the pandemic. It became more glaring in the past year, when, due to...