You may have seen that the Trump administration budget includes a paid parental leave benefit (six weeks, only to care for newborn or adopted children, without new funding, through state unemployment insurance cuts). This is certainly an occasion to mark in the long-term fight for national paid leave but this policy clearly falls far short – and it does so through devastating cuts and new eligibility restrictions to programs like Medicaid, SNAP, EITC, CTC, disability and others that serve women, working families, and vulnerable populations.

This creates an important teachable moment to showcase who is excluded from insufficient paid leave plans – and why we need a national, workable, comprehensive, responsible standard like the FAMILY Act. Last week, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new video called Time To Care. We would love your help sharing this spot on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter using the hashtag #TimeToCare. Check out these gifs on Instagram as well.

Our news release is here, and a blog is here – please feel free to share these too.

SAMPLE TWEETS

• This is why we need comprehensive #paidleave that won't leave people behind: npwf.info/2qVFdTk @NPWF #TimeToCare

• America's workers need #timetocare so we can all provide and receive critical care: npwf.info/2qVFdTk @NPWF #paidleave

• Not just any #paidleave plan will do. We need #timetocare – for ALL of us. We need the #FAMILYAct. npwf.info/2qVFdTk @NPWF

• Trump's #paidleave plan leaves too many behind while cutting key programs. We need the #FAMILYAct. npwf.info/2qVFdTk #TimeToCare

• Check out this new video from @NPWF about the importance of #paidleave for ALL workers. npwf.info/2qVFdTk #TimeToCare

SAMPLE FACEBOOK POST

Your baby. Your family. Our veterans. Your employees. Yourself.  No matter who you need #timetocare for, ALL workers need #paidleave to deal with serious family and medical needs. Watch this and then tell Congress you won't settle for a paid leave plan that leaves people behind, and especially not one that's funded by cutting other essential programs youtu.be/e-z4SFjP1io.

SAMPLE INSTAGRAM POST

Add this link to your Instagram bio and post these #TimetoCare gifs with the following message:

Your #baby. Your #family. Our #veterans. Your #employees. Yourself.  No matter who you need #timetocare for, ALL workers need #paidleave to deal with serious family and medical needs. Watch this [link in bio] and then tell Congress you won't settle for a paid leave plan that leaves people behind, and especially not one that's funded by cutting other essential programs.

We also have messaging guidance and additional tools if you would like them.  Please be in touch with me, Vicki Shabo (vshabo@nationalpartnership.org), for more information!


Vicki Shabo
Vice President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Tel: 202.986.2600; Email: vshabo@nationalpartnership.org