Advocacy Activities and Events:
| Advocating for quality, accessible, and affordable to policy makers. | National Level | Child Care Works Rally for Child Care | Policy makers, policy influencers, advocates and supporters of child care |
| Inform the community about how they can influence policies that can affect their communities. | Community Level | Annual 26th Senate District Community Convention with State Senator Daniel Squadron | Policy influencers, parents, child care providers, community leaders |
| Argue for a revision of the Governor’s Executive Budget. | State Level | Emergency campaign to restore child care funding in the State Budget via Twitter storm, email blasts, and calls. | Policy makers, policy influencers, advocates and supporters of child care |
| Argue for a revision of the Governor’s Executive Budget. | State Level | Twitter Storm from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 22nd to advocate for child care funding in the State Budget. | Policy makers, policy influencers, advocates and supporters of child care |
| Dissuade President Trump in his proposition of the elimination of the 21st CCLC program in his Federal budget proposal. | National Level | Signing the “Support $35 million for the Empire State After-School Program and Save 21st CCLC” organization letter | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Compose a letter encouraging President Trump and other policy makers to invest in early education, early intervention, and quality child care. | National Level | Signing the response to President Trump’s “Skinny” Budget | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Call for Governor Cuomo to increase child care subsidies and other child care funding to better support child care services. | State Level | 2017 Advocacy Day | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Discussion about how citizens and service providers can impact the governing process and be effective at addressing community issues. | Community Level | AHSSC Monthly Meeting | Policy influencers, parents, child care providers, community leaders |
| Raise pan-Asian voices to ensure that elected leaders continue to support the programs that serve the community. | National Level | WE STAND UNITED RALLY the Night Before Trump’s Inauguration | Policy makers, policy influencers, advocates and supporters of child care |
| Organize photo opportunities at child care centers and after school programs to send a message to Governor Cuomo, these photos will be shared on media platforms. | Community Level | Encourage more funding for child care in the state budget via photos shared through media. | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Support & allocate additional funding to implement the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG). | State Level | Reach out to County Executives, County Legislators, City Council Members or Mayors ask them to send a letter to Governor Cuomo for additional funding and implement the CCDBG as due to rising costs of running a child care program. | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Call for Congress to provide funding to implement new regulations so that tens of thousands of New York’s children don’t lose their child care services. | National Level | Signing the letter by the Early Care & Learning Council advocating for increase funding for Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) above the levels included in both the FY2017 House and Senate Labor/HHS bills | Policy makers, policy influencers |
| Dissuade Congress from passing the House Education and Workforce Committee’s Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill which denies reimbursement for a third meal/snack for children in extended care at child care providers that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. | National Level | Urge Congress to Oppose House Child Nutrition Bill by signing letter. | Policy makers, policy influencers |
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