New Campaign for Property Tax Equity
ECEA can't spend $2M to change the Colorado constitution so that you don't have to pay property taxes. We passed legislation to enable localities to do the right thing and they can only think in a short sighted way about their local budgets. New tax initiatives are not even referencing the inequity in the system for private pay providers--having to pay as much as $250,000 a year in property taxes. Any money they give you, still doesn't solve for the primary issue that is making it so difficult to operate in the child care space.....PROPERTY TAXES! Non-profits have it waived, public schools don't have to pay (and actually benefit from your taxes) and you? Well you pay...year after year you pay. Then the state and every "advocacy" organization out there says, "Child care is too expensive." They push to break the system, to then force the state/federal government to fund child care. All the while, no one fixes the primary issue that makes child care so expensive...property taxes.
ECEA is standing up for you with our "Prove it!" Campaign. You will see it a LOT going forward between now and the election. The reality is, it doesn't matter how nice we play, private industry is never at the table to discuss how funding can be used. We are not playing nice now. We are going to do everything we can to say in advance...if you are asking the public for funding to help child care then your #1 action MUST BE that you pay private property taxes. Then you can use the excess to support the industry as a whole. ONLY WHEN THEIR IS INDUSTRY EQUITY CAN YOU BE TRULY SECURE AS A BUSINESS.
So, JOIN US! Start talking about it. "If the progressive/graduated tax passes, the first thing they must do is pay private property taxes." They need to hear this everywhere they turn. Post socially. Write letters to the editors. I will be using the information this week as we provide testimony against HB1292. STOP the advantages for School Districts. Level the playing field so that families can thrive!
ANNOUNCING A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMPANY THAT IS TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE!!
This parternship is AMAZING. Health & Wellness health care system available through an app (with live physical and mental health doctors). For $40 a month it offers:
1) Care for your entire household within 15 minutes (NOT telehealth--real doctors/mental health professionals).
2) No deductible/No copay
3) Any program of any size can utilize this for their employees AND child care families can sign up too!
4) 24hour/7/365
5) Over 1,000 medications for free!
6) care navigation with informed pricing if you have to use your health insurance for something
7) For programs with 10+staff, there is now access to the program through a cafeteria 125 plan--net zero cost
*Your staff will get accident insurance and health info throughout the month, paying for that plan they have a greater tax savings and will keepmore of their paycheck ($50-80 more a month)
*As you pay for the app above for your staff each month as a pre-tax plan you will save about $54.16 per employee each payperiod, saving about $650 per employee a year.
8) Come find out how! March 18th 1-1:30 p.m. https://eceaco.mykajabi.com/products/communities/v2/eceaboardmembers/meetup/c4c773bb-8e08-42a1-b85a-cdb92309bf21
We can't say it enough....you being a member...that makes all the difference in the world! THANK YOU!!
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