Taking Action to Support Public Policy

Here Are Some Of The Steps that You Can Become An Advocate:

• Contact your elected officials and tell them to pass important legislation.
  • • Find your New York City Councilmember here
    • Find your New York State Senator here
    • Find your New York State Assemblymember here
    • Find your US Congressmember here
• Urge better funding for child care and children’s services by advocating for the Universal Child Care Act S.7595
  • • For an overview of the current systemic problems in child care and why universal child care is badly needed, read the Child Care Crisis in New York State prepared and published by the Office of Senator Jabari Brisport and the Alliance for Quality Education
• Keep current on legislation and budget issues.
• Advocate for passage (or defeat) of any bill which affects children and child care.
• Suggest new legislation for children and child care.
• Be a reliable source of child care data and information on child care issues.
• Become a volunteer.
• Donate to help child care issues by giving to advocacy organizations such as the Children’s Defense Fund
  

Action Center:

Parents:
Contact ECLW with any questions and speak to a Parent Counselor by calling 212-941-0030, ext 228 or emailing Ms. Ming Chen at mchen@cpc-nyc.org.

Child Care Providers:
Contact the ECLW with any questions and speak to the Provider Service Coordinator Ms. Jessica Chen by calling 212-941-0030  ext. 204.  or the Training Coordinator, Mr. Kevin Tam at ext. 160.  You may also call our Child Care Health Consultant, Ms. Linda Wu, RN, at  212-941-0030 ext. 229 with questions regarding MAT and Health Care Plan.

Parents as Advocates:
Parents, grandparents, and guardians: You are your child’s first and best advocate! Investments in early childhood have both short and long-term economic and social benefits for children, families, our state, and the current and future workforce. Young children need the adults in their lives to stand up and be heard on their behalf!

Stay Informed:
Stay up to date on child care advocacy with the following resources

NYC Child Care Resource and Referral Consortium

• NYC Child Care Resource and Referral Consortium has a variety of organization’ websites posted where you can find information on advocacy campaigns, parenting advice, child care news, government agencies, arts and cultural development organization, racial equity, and more.

Children’s Defense Fund

• This site includes although listing of the latest legislative proposals in the child care field as well as a free subscription to e-mail newsletters providing advocacy and legislative updates.

Coalition for Asian Children and Families

• CACF is a pan-Asian advocacy, and leadership development organization that organizes community leaders and organizations like Chinese-American Planning Council