A PARENT-LED MOVEMENT ORGANIZING TO WIN UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE
We’re New Yorkers building the power to win free universal child care for all.
Child care shouldn’t be this expensive. We’re parents, grandparents, caregivers, and allies who are fed up with the soaring cost of child care — and we’re organizing to make it free for every family in New York. We’ve already won tens of thousands of free seats — and we’re just getting started.
A parent-led movement organizing to win universal child care
We’re New Yorkers building the power to win free universal child care for all.
Child care shouldn’t be this expensive. We’re parents, grandparents, caregivers, and allies who are fed up with the soaring cost of child care — and we’re organizing to make it free for every family in New York. We’ve already won tens of thousands of free seats — and we’re just getting started.
What's Universal Child Care?
Free
No cost to your family.
Full-day
Full workday — not ending at 2:30.
Full-year
All-year-round, including summer.
Ages 0 to 5
From birth to kindergarten.
Easy to apply
One simple application, not a maze.
Near your home
In your neighborhood, not across town.
Get involved.
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Sign a petition.
Add your voice and put the pressure on Albany and City Hall to take action.
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Attend an event.
Meet other parents who want to win free child care for all. Free child care and snacks are typically provided.
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Donate money.
Every dollar goes to pay for child care at meetings, signs at rallies, petitioning at playgrounds, and more.
Donate
Active campaigns
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Full-Day, Full-Year Care (NYC)
A free seat that ends at 2pm doesn’t work for parents who work full-time. We’re going to make every 3-K and Pre-K seat full-day and full-year.
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Statewide 3-K
96% of 3-year-olds outside NYC can’t get free child care. First we passed a statewide Pre-K guarantee — now we’re pushing for 3-K.
Our members are people who power our movement.
“All I want for Father’s Day is free child care.”
A dad with a sign · Lower ManhattanRallying for free child care
IMG_5714 — “The Parent Is In” booth
“The parent is in. NYC Mayor — help. Five cents.”
A parent at the action · New York CityRan a “The Parent Is In” booth · placeholder line, confirm before publish
IMG_6069 — Aisha L.M., the Bronx
“DOE should have more options for community child care for children of all ages — including 2-year-olds and younger.”
Aisha L.M. · The BronxWrote her advice for the mayor at an NYUC event
Not sure what care your family qualifies for?
Our guide walks you through all the options for child care and shows you how to apply.
Get the complete Universal Child Care Guide.
▼ Squarespace Form Block goes here (name / location / number of kids)
Want to read up first? How universal child care works in New York
What we’ve helped win
We organize parents to win access to child care programs. Here’s what our efforts have delivered so far.
- New York parents organizing together
- 12,000+New York parents organizing together
- secured for free universal child care in NYC and NYS
- $1B+secured for free universal child care in NYC and NYS
- new child care seats won, all free
- 15,000+new child care seats won — all free
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Join the fight for Universal Child Care.
The more parents in this fight, the harder we are to ignore. We’ll tell you when there’s a budget vote, a rally, or major updates.
▼ Squarespace Form Block goes here (email + “Count me in”)