Advocacy

ADVOCACY

Advocacy means to speak up and take action.

We need to provide QUALITY CHILD CARE for children. Business leaders, parents, child care providers, and the community at large can provide powerful voices!

We need to:
• make children our priority to help them create better lives. Investing in our children and their programs in their earliest years provides continuity of care and real economic returns.
• help families who are struggling financially. Scholarships help parents keep working.
• support parent education and employee workshops.

How can I be an advocate?
• Stay informed about the issues that affect children
• Promote a strong community by raising awareness and becoming involved
• Support organizations who work on behalf of children, their families, and child care programs.

Legislators face a real information challenge because they are constantly bombarded with so much data and information, and sorting through that information is something they have to do every day. You have a very important role for Advocating for Children, especially around their early childhood years of zero to age six, in helping legislators prioritize their decisions. If you provide them with your concerns and opinions, it helps them evaluate policies and make good decisions based on what’s best for children in ways that benefit their constituents.

Become a member of the Child Care Council of Orange County Inc. and support our work!

Donate! Help us to help lower income working parents with scholarships to cover some of their child care costs.

Resources for Advocacy:

PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA’S ECONOMIC SUCCESS
http://www.partnershipforsuccess.org/index.php?id=42&MenuSect=8

BLUEPRINT FOR EARLY EDUCATION COMPENSATION REFORM
http://www.btwic.org/doc/Blueprint-for-Early-Ed-Compensation-Reform1.pdf

NY STATE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ils/legislature/legis.html

NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us

PEW CENTER ON THE STATES
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org

ZERO TO THREE
http://www.zerotothree.org/public-policy/state-community-policy/rtt-elc-bibliography.pdf

U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/newchildcaretacenters.html

WINNING BEGINNING, NY
http://www.winningbeginningny.org/

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