Tackling the Caregiving Crisis
Care Is Infrastructure
TIME'S UP is dedicated to reimagining caregiving as a critical basis for building a more equitable and inclusive economy.
The caregiving industry is in crisis and has been for some time. After the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the economy and left millions of workers — disproportionately women of color — unemployed, the deep cracks in our care economy were exposed. In response, TIME’S UP centered the importance of caregiving infrastructure and has set out to change companies, culture, and laws to get women back into the workforce, and to build a stronger, more resilient, more equitable, and more inclusive economy for all of us.
Here is a snapshot of some of our caregiving work and impact:
Cultivating Conversations: IG Live Series
Empowering Workers: Insights From The TIME'S UP Blog
- The Time To Care Is Now
- A National Paid Leave Program Could Add $28.5 Billion Annually to the Economy
- Transformative Caregiving Proposals would increase GDP by at least $330 billion
- TIME'S UP Breaks Down the American Rescue Plan
Changing Companies:
Care Economy Business Council
A coalition of 200+ businesses across industries has come together to join our Care Economy Business Council to reimagine our nation’s caregiving infrastructure.
TIME’S UP released the Leaders’ Guide to Creating a Culture of Care, which offers some concrete, actionable steps business leaders can take during a crisis and beyond to support employees who are caregivers and build more equitable workplaces for all.
Changing Culture:
Care Can't Wait
Influencing Policy: Impact Lab Foundational Paper
In this issue brief, the authors make the case that a major public investment in the care sector is urgently needed to bolster our economic health.