Advocacy

THE CHILD CARE POLICY FORUM

Do you want to be immediately informed on child care policy issues that matter to you?  Do you want to make your voice heard?  Now you can through the Child Care Policy Forum!  Learn how you will be able to:

• Join state and national efforts to improve the availability and quality of child care
• Find out where your elected officials stand on child care issues
• Stay up to date on child care public policy changes, provide feedback to policy makers, and learn about the latest trends and reports
• Contact child care leaders in WA State, such as the Department of Early Learning
• Use tips and tools provided to make expressing your opinion on important child care issues easy and valuable
• Contact media sources to share your opinions on the state of child care

Be informed and make your voice heard!  Click here to sign up for the Child Care Policy Forum.

EARLY LEARNING ACTION ALLIANCE

Child Care Aware of Washington is proud to be a part of a statewide coalition of organizations that advocates on behalf of early learning, known as the Early Learning Action Alliance.  This group is a powerful coalition made up of dozens of organizations that are passionate about the needs of Washington’s early learners.  Click here for more information and resources.

UWWA EARLY LEARNING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

The United Ways of Washington, in partnership with Child Care Aware of Washington, creates and emails out an Early Learning Legislative Update each Friday throughout legislative session. We provide you with easy to understand, up-to-date information on key early learning discussions and actions taking place in Olympia by policymakers so that you can take action and speak up for the early learning issues you care most about. We encourage you to forward the legislative updates to your networks. Click here to see previous legislative updates.  If you would like to receive updates in the future, email the following info to advocacy@childcarenet.org : (1) your name; (2) your organization name (if applicable); and (3) your email address.

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