Our Mission
The Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative (MLICCI) is a statewide non-profit public policy advocacy organization working to strengthen women’s economic security in Mississippi by making child care affordable for low-income working moms, achieving gender and racial equity in the workforce and making the safety net work for women.
MLICCI works to make sure no mom has to choose between the child she loves and the job she needs.
Our advocacy grew out of our experience as a child care provider at Moore Community House in Biloxi, where we serve low-income working moms. We learned how much it costs to provide quality child care and that it's not affordable for working moms. We also learned there is not enough state or federal assistance to fill in the gaps.
We created MLICCI to be a vehicle to organize child care centers like us to push for more funding so more moms can get the affordable child care they need in order to go to work and remain employed.
Learn more about affordable child care at the button below.
MLICCI Child Care Leadership Team solving Child Care Payment Program problems with DHS administrators.
How You Can Help
Mississippi needs to invest more in the child care assistance program so that more low-income moms get the affordable child care they need in order to work.
Funding decisions in the child care assistance program are made by Congress, and by the Mississippi Legislature. Policy decisions that shape the Child Care Payment Program – like who is eligible, what parents have to do to apply / reapply, and how much providers are reimbursed - are made by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS).
To find out how to contact these decision makers and what reforms you can support, refer to our advocacy tool kit at the button below.
MLICCI holds CCLT advocacy training with legislators at the State Capitol.