Governor Josh Shapiro

Yeah, look, you know what it is? It's common sense. You go out there, you talk to moms and dads and caregivers, you talk to business owners, you talk to chambers of commerce and labor unions, and you talk to them about the concerns they have about workforce, right? Who's going to do the jobs we need, not just today, but well in the future? And you ask them, what's holding you back?

Yeah, look, you know what it is? It's common sense. You go out there, you talk to moms and dads and caregivers, you talk to business owners, you talk to chambers of commerce and labor unions, and you talk to them about the concerns they have about workforce, right? Who's going to do the jobs we need, not just today, but well in the future? And you ask them, what's holding you back?

Yeah, look, you know what it is? It's common sense. You go out there, you talk to moms and dads and caregivers, you talk to business owners, you talk to chambers of commerce and labor unions, and you talk to them about the concerns they have about workforce, right? Who's going to do the jobs we need, not just today, but well in the future? And you ask them, what's holding you back?

well for many it's child care you know if parents don't have a safe and reliable place that they can drop their kids off at and go to work well they're not going to go to work because they're going to be home caring for their kids or making other arrangements we know that if we can build out a child care system that is available to all we talked about rural communities before especially

well for many it's child care you know if parents don't have a safe and reliable place that they can drop their kids off at and go to work well they're not going to go to work because they're going to be home caring for their kids or making other arrangements we know that if we can build out a child care system that is available to all we talked about rural communities before especially

well for many it's child care you know if parents don't have a safe and reliable place that they can drop their kids off at and go to work well they're not going to go to work because they're going to be home caring for their kids or making other arrangements we know that if we can build out a child care system that is available to all we talked about rural communities before especially

in those rural communities, we know that we can have greater economic productivity. Let me offer, I'll nerd out on you here for a quick second. We have the need to put about 25,000 more kids in childcare in Pennsylvania. This is a need that parents have identified. Well, to do that, we need to fill 3000 open early learning teaching slots.

in those rural communities, we know that we can have greater economic productivity. Let me offer, I'll nerd out on you here for a quick second. We have the need to put about 25,000 more kids in childcare in Pennsylvania. This is a need that parents have identified. Well, to do that, we need to fill 3000 open early learning teaching slots.

in those rural communities, we know that we can have greater economic productivity. Let me offer, I'll nerd out on you here for a quick second. We have the need to put about 25,000 more kids in childcare in Pennsylvania. This is a need that parents have identified. Well, to do that, we need to fill 3000 open early learning teaching slots.

And so my budget does a common sense thing, which is to say we're going to give $1,000 stipend to childcare workers to either retain them or attract them into this really important field. This is something that's been endorsed by Republicans and Democrats alike.

And so my budget does a common sense thing, which is to say we're going to give $1,000 stipend to childcare workers to either retain them or attract them into this really important field. This is something that's been endorsed by Republicans and Democrats alike.

And so my budget does a common sense thing, which is to say we're going to give $1,000 stipend to childcare workers to either retain them or attract them into this really important field. This is something that's been endorsed by Republicans and Democrats alike.

And it builds on the work we've done on childcare by tripling our childcare tax credit to reduce the cost for families trying to avoid childcare and actually giving businesses a tax write-off when they pay for their employees' childcare costs. So we're trying to come at this in a bunch of different ways.

And it builds on the work we've done on childcare by tripling our childcare tax credit to reduce the cost for families trying to avoid childcare and actually giving businesses a tax write-off when they pay for their employees' childcare costs. So we're trying to come at this in a bunch of different ways.

And it builds on the work we've done on childcare by tripling our childcare tax credit to reduce the cost for families trying to avoid childcare and actually giving businesses a tax write-off when they pay for their employees' childcare costs. So we're trying to come at this in a bunch of different ways.

funding the providers, putting money back in parents' pockets to be able to afford childcare, and helping businesses support their employees. This is a common sense thing we can do to attract more people into a really, really necessary field. It's going to help us grow our economy and have really good outcomes for our communities.

funding the providers, putting money back in parents' pockets to be able to afford childcare, and helping businesses support their employees. This is a common sense thing we can do to attract more people into a really, really necessary field. It's going to help us grow our economy and have really good outcomes for our communities.

funding the providers, putting money back in parents' pockets to be able to afford childcare, and helping businesses support their employees. This is a common sense thing we can do to attract more people into a really, really necessary field. It's going to help us grow our economy and have really good outcomes for our communities.

It does. So let me address, you know, on both of those fronts. Pennsylvania is proud, the proud home of nearly a million veterans. And these veterans deserve better than what they're getting from the Trump administration. Veterans are getting laid off and veterans are going to see their programs that they rely on for health care and

It does. So let me address, you know, on both of those fronts. Pennsylvania is proud, the proud home of nearly a million veterans. And these veterans deserve better than what they're getting from the Trump administration. Veterans are getting laid off and veterans are going to see their programs that they rely on for health care and