PROPOSED POLICY INITIATIVES IN THE 2022 NC SHIP

• Create and expand legislation and advocate with employers to provide paid family medical leave, earned paid sick leave, kin care, and safe
• days for all caregivers
• Ease negative impact of “benefits cliffs” caused by reductions in benefits, by increasing phase-out periods
• Eliminate taxation on sanitary products including menstrual supplies, diapers, and breastfeeding supplies
• Expand Medicaid eligibility
• Expand the availability and amount of childcare subsidies to reflect the cost of care more adequately
• Raise the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour
• Restore the North Carolina Earned Income Tax Credit
• Support “early college while in high school” programs, such as REaCH and SEarCH

Partners or potential partners that may be able to help us achieve this result:

Child Care Services Association (CCSA)        https://www.childcareservices.org/

Communities in Partnership (CIP)                 https://communitiesinpartnership.org/

Cooperative Christian Ministry                      https://cooperativeministry.com/

Crisis Assistance Ministry                                https://www.crisisassistance.org/

End Poverty Durham                                        https://endpovertydurham.org/

Equity Before Birth                                           https://www.equitybeforebirth.com/

NC Raise Up                                                       https://www.ncraiseup.org/fed-up

GreenLight Fund- Charlotte                            https://greenlightfund.org/sites/charlotte/

Latin American Coalition                                 https://latinamericancoalition.org/

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation             https://www.mrbf.org/

NAACP                                                                 https://naacp.org/

NCCARE360                                                        https://nccare360.org/

NC Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF)      https://buildthefoundation.org/

NC Community Action Association                https://www.nccaa.net/

NC Early Education Coalition                          https://ncearlyeducationcoalition.org/

NC DHHS Office of Economic Opportunity   https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/office-economic-opportunity

NC Justice Center                                              https://www.ncjustice.org/

NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence       https://nccadv.org/

NC Department of Commerce                        https://www.nccommerce.com/

NC Network of Grantmakers (NCNG)             https://ncgrantmakers.org/

NC Poor People’s Campaign                             https://ppc-nc.org/

The Duke Endowment                                       https://www.dukeendowment.org/program-areas/overview

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation                         https://www.zsr.org/