Fact Sheet Wage Supplements Improve Early Educators’ Financial Well-Being
Reflections on the DC Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund
Eve Mefferd, Justin B. Doromal, Heather Sandstrom, Erica Greenberg, Laura Jimenez Parra, Victoria Nelson, Elli Nikolopoulos
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This fact sheet shares 2023 survey and focus group findings from early educators eligible for direct wage supplements from the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in the District of Columbia. Findings describe early educators’ reflections on the first year of program implementation. Early educators report low wages and high financial and food insecurity and share how the Pay Equity Fund is improving their financial well-being. Early educators describe how the Pay Equity Fund helps them afford basic needs such as housing, utilities, and food, and allows them to pay off debts and build savings.
Research and Evidence Work, Education, and Labor Family and Financial Well-Being Research to Action Technology and Data Upward Mobility
Expertise Wealth and Financial Well-Being Labor Markets Upward Mobility and Inequality Early Childhood
Tags Child care Child care and early education Child care workers and early childhood teachers Early childhood education Job markets and labor force Job quality and workplace standards Children and youth Greater DC Data analysis Data collection Qualitative data analysis Quantitative data analysis
States District of Columbia
Cities Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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