Be a Voice for Children
The Child Care Connection is a member of the Early Care & Learning Council (ECLC), Winning Beginning NY (WBNY), and the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). These organizations are leaders in state and national early care and education advocacy efforts, and through them we support their public policy efforts.
What is advocacy?
Advocacy is about caring for an issue deeply enough to stand up and say that something needs to be done about it. It is about using that knowledge to cause changes in the way things are. It is arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy. It is speaking out on issues that you care about, offering your opinion and suggestions for how to improve something to the people who are in control.
Who is an advocate?
An advocate is someone who is intensely committed to seeing a particular change happen. It is someone who is willing to gain knowledge and develop an understanding about the issue, and above all it is someone who is not hesitant about going public with that understanding.
Taking Action
Winning Beginning NY's Advocacy Tools
Action Centers
Public Policy Messages and Agendas
NACCRRA: National Child Care Public Policy Issues
Winning Beginning: Statewide Child Care Public Policy Issues
Child Care Aware: Parent Network Advocacy Center
Early Care and Learning Council: NY State Child Care Public Policy and Advocacy efforts
Data and Research
NACCRRA: National Research and Data
NACCRRA: State Fact Sheets
Otsego County: Otsego County Ecomonic Development Department
Regional Economic Development Council: Mohawk Valley
The Child Care Connection: Annual Report
Who are your representatives?
You can find out who your legislators are and their exact contact information via USA.gov or by visiting NY.gov.