Our Impact
In 2023, we hit a major milestone towards transforming the way this country treats care and caregivers when President Biden signed an executive order for care and a proclamation for care workers.
The Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers (EO)
The Biden-Harris Administration’s executive actions to improve care were the most comprehensive set of actions in the history of the United States. The executive order includes more than 50 directives to federal agencies to utilize existing funding to expand access to quality, affordable care, and provide support to family caregivers and care workers, including domestic workers.
These executive actions recognize the critical importance of care work, including paid and unpaid responsibilities such as child care, elder care, and disability care. It acknowledges the challenges care workers face, who are often undervalued and underpaid, and aims to improve their wages, benefits, and working conditions. Learn more about the impact of this historic Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers.
Proclamation on Care Workers Recognition Month
Also in 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a White House Proclamation declaring April as Care Workers Recognition Month, highlighting the Administration’s continued commitment to strengthening the care economy and marking a critical step forward for direct care workers, caregivers, early childhood educators, and child care workers to live and work with the respect and recognition they deserve.
This proclamation represents a turning point in our country – public recognition of work often invisibilized and undervalued, made possible by the women of color who have organized for decades to achieve transformational change in the care industry.
Every April, join us as we celebrate Care Workers Recognition Month and honor the millions of Black, Brown, Latinx, and immigrant care workers who support our families and communities every day!
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