Minnesota’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave Law: Game Changer for Children and Families
October 5 2023
1:00 PM EDT
In May 2023, Minnesota became the 12th state and the first state in the Midwest to pass a Paid Family and Medical Leave program. Join us on October 5, from 1-2:00 PM ET for a conversation with the chief author of the legislation, Senator Alice Mann (DFL-Edina); Campaign Coalition Co-chair and Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota Policy and Research Director Debra Fitzpatrick; and others. Hear about the program, what it took to get the legislation passed in a “purple” state, and the many ways its design and implementation center equity, especially in early childhood.
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Early childhood professionals recognize that the child- and family-serving systems that are not generally considered to be under the umbrella of the early childhood system—like housing, economic development, and transportation—are less often viewed as opportunities for or barriers to child and family well-being. Each of these systems, and how they interact with one another, impacts a child’s outcome. It is up to early childhood systems builders to identify the barriers to positive outcomes that result from an issue with any of the elements within the overall system. This is one of the early childhood systems builders’ greatest challenges, as these barriers are deeply interwoven with our country’s history and ongoing practice of discrimination and disinvestment. This video describes how BUILD views an Early Childhood System that focuses on the whole child, the whole family, and whole systems.