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Envisioning A Childcare System Where Providers, Families, And Children Can Thrive
Portrait of Jaime-Jin Lewis

Winner

Jaime-Jin Lewis

Envisioning A Childcare System Where Providers, Families, And Children Can Thrive
Portrait of Jaime-Jin Lewis

Website

wiggleroomnow.com

Year

2021

Organization

Wiggle Room

Sector

Technology & Science

Borough

Brooklyn

Jaime-Jin founded Wiggle Room, a tech company connecting NYC’s family childcare providers with parents and employers.

Our city relies on 7,000+ family child care providers to nurture and teach the youngest New Yorkers. For families working low-wage jobs and long or inconsistent hours, small childcare centers provide an indispensable lifeline. 93% of these businesses…
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“I don’t know anyone who hustles harder for marginalized communities, to make sure others have what they need.⁠”
Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs
Founding Organizer, Women’s March
Inside one of the daycares that utilize Jaime-Jin’s tool Wiggle Room 

Publication

Brooklyn News 12

Wiggle Room wins $200K David Prize for its support for NYC child care

By News 12 Staff
October 24, 2021
A company that’s building tools to help child care providers in low-income areas has won $200,000 from The David Prize initiative…

Update from winner

Alibaba.com Transformer Talk with Jaime-Jin Lewis
@alibabaFebruary 23, 2022
The past two years of disruptions to education and the workplace have exposed the underlying problems with our child care system. As communities grapple with how to meet the high demand for child care, there is an opportunity to come up with new solutions that meet the needs of the care providers, children, and parents. Join us on February 3 as we welcome Jaime-Jin.
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Kids at one of the daycares that utilize Jaime-Jin’s tool Wiggle Room 
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