Resources for Mothers In Dance
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black in Sophie Laplane’s “If At First”
Photo by ASH
A 2023 analysis by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Women’s Bureau found that infant child care devoured the highest share of family income in large urban counties. Nationwide, the average family with at least one child under the age of 5 devotes about 13 percent of family income to pay for child care. But the typical infant day-care center in San Francisco and Chicago consumes about 20 percent of a local family’s income. In Boston, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, it’s more like 30 percent. Child care is just another example of how constrained housing supply can poison parts of the economy that don’t immediately seem to have anything to do with it.
Childcare prices in the United States vary substantially based on type of childcare provider, quality of care provided, age of children served, and geographic location. The National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP) is a new data source, and the most comprehensive federal source of childcare prices at the county level in the United States. In this brief, we summarize initial findings from the NDCP. We provide estimates of childcare prices at the county level by children’s age groups and care setting (home-based or center-based providers). Prices reflect the market rate parents would pay per year for full-time care as defined by the state for one child without public subsidies.
Childcare prices are derived from each state’s childcare Market Rate Survey. Prices are median yearly prices for one child at the market rate. School-age prices reflect the school-year arrangement (part day). Childcare prices are based on the 2016-2018 data collection cyle and are presented in 2018 and 2023 real dollars using the CPI-U for child care (day care and preschool in the U.S. city average). Economic and demographic data are obtained from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey to correspond to the 2016-2018 childcare price data.
A team of maternal health advocates works to achieve quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all by giving grants and working with partners and thought leaders to increase awareness and mobilize communities to take action.
A digital talent marketplace that creates opportunities for women to engage and connect with companies that need their talent and expertise, while also pushing for change at the company and policy levels and facilitating a supportive community of working moms.
A nonprofit organization empowering people to restart their careers after time spent focused on caregiving. Donating to Path Forward helps empower returning professionals, support them throughout their returnships, create new employment opportunities, and provide return-to-work advice for caregivers.
An advocacy group that takes on the most critical issues facing women, mothers, and families by educating the public and mobilizing massive grassroots actions.
Center advocating for gender justice—in the courts, in public policy, and in society—working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
Founded and funded by women, this fund assists women in transition and provides leadership development, and empowers girls and women to affect positive change.
Call/text: 1-833-TLC-MAMA
Free and confidential hotline for pregnant and new moms available 24/7 in English and Spanish. Access to professional counselors, real-time support, responses within a few minutes, resources, referrals to local and telehealth providers/support groups, and culturally sensitive support.
A non-profit organization focused on closing the gaps in maternal mental health. Resources for maternal OCD, pregnancy loss, infant death, and perinatal mental health.
Psychotherapy and mental health workshops offered by a former English National Ballet soloist who is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
A website and app to track your pregnancy week by week. Find discussion boards and communities of moms who share your birth month.
Chloe Hillyar is a researcher and founder of The Pregnant Dancer, a dance project that ran from Nov 2020 – Jan 2021, funded by Arts Council England. “This research seeks to create a system of training that ensures safe physiological practice for maternal dancers. The training addresses issues of inconsistent information regarding physical activity during pregnancy in relation to the demands of dance employment.
W4W invests dollars and skills from businesses into nonprofits supporting women who want to enter and stay in the workforce to become finacially independent.
Call/text: 1-800-944-4773
Postpartum Support International (PSI) recommends universal screening for the presence of prenatal or postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, using an evidence-based tool such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screen or Patient Health Questionnaire.
