National Child Care Members/Advocates and Business Affiliates:

As you are well aware there are many different proposals coming from the White House and Congress this summer that will provide the largest ever investment in America’s child care system. For the first time ever we have the attention of our federal lawmakers. Due to Covid-19 they now know that saving child care and early education for the long term is ESSENTIAL to children, families, employers and our economy. They also know that high quality care and education is not accessible and affordable for all. Now that we have their attention every ESSENTIAL child care professional receiving this newsletter has the opportunity and most of all the responsibility of being a VOICE for children, families, and yourself. I hope by sharing this information with you that has been provided to us by one of our advocacy partners, Child Care Aware of America, we can count on everyone letting their federal legislators know what you need to be a high-quality and sustainable early care and education business and educator. REMEMBER YOU ARE ESSENTIAL and YOUR INPUT REGARDING THIS MATTER IS ESSENTIAL!

This is a serious call to action. Please take the time to see what is on the table and contact your members of Congress.

Sincerely,
Cindy Lehnhoff
Director of the NCCA

Many policy proposals that are aimed at improving child care have already come out of Congress and the White House this year. Policymakers at the federal level increasingly recognize the urgent need for long-term, sustainable investment in America’s child care system. CCAoA’s new two-part blog series breaks down what’s included:
Child Care Proposals from Congress
Child Care in Proposals from the White House

As Congress and the White House continue to negotiate over which policies will ultimately be included in infrastructure and budget bills this summer, make sure you know what has been proposed already with our blogs. Once you have, contact your Members of Congress and tell them to support sustainable, long-term federal investment in child care that makes high-quality, affordable care a reality for families.

Thank you to Child Care Aware for this info.

Parents, Employers, Educators, and Child Care Business Owners:

Congress is moving forward with a reconciliation bill that could include the long-term, sustainable investments in child care that parents and providers are desperate for. Your Members of Congress need to hear from you about why these investments are vital to creating a more equitable, affordable, and accessible child care system in America.

ACT NOW!

Thank you for your continued advocacy,

Anne Hedgepeth
Senior Director of Federal and State Government Affairs
Child Care Aware® of America

Cindy Lehnhoff
Director of the NCCA

The National Chid Care Association has a NEW tool to help gain the qualified employees we know most Child Care Centers need right now.

We believe in spreading the word about gaining quality and educated team members for your centers and programs. If you have an open position, please visit our website and fill out the form.

This benefit is for members only. To sign up to become a member, please visit https://necpa.net/nccamembership.

We will keep your listing up for 30 days and then remove unless we hear from you that you want to remove or keep it listed. This is another simple way NCCA is able to support our members as we have a list of over 20k that we communicate with monthly and will promote accordingly!

IT’S WEBINAR TIME AGAIN! AUGUST 4 from 1-2pm EST.

If you haven’t experienced a NCCA webinar, you don’t know what you’re missing!

Join us & Eric Cutler of TOOTRiS as we discuss:

– New Working Parent Schedules

– What Employers Are Doing

– What is TOOTRIS and How Can It Help Child Care Providers

TOOTRIS is giving away an IPAD at the end of the presentation. Register now!

www.NationalChildCare.org/webinars

“The Return to the Office Is Pushing Even More Women Out of Work”
Companies are asking people back, but there’s less child care than ever. Moms are paying the price. 

Read this interesting article in Bloomberg our Director, Cindy Lehnhoff was interviewed for… <<Read More >>

Also, check out our recent MEDIA interviews. We advocate nationally for quality child care! Interacting with the media is part of our advocacy imitative. Thank you to the publications for helping us spread our news!

Find out everything you need to know about the newest round of government funds and how to effectively use your voice to bring change.

Join us, Tuesday, July 13th at 2:30 PM EST for a discussion with CEO and Founder of InspireCare 360, Tony D’Agostino, ECE expert, our National Child Care Association Director, Cindy Lehnoff, and financial expert, John Rizzo.

In this webinar you will learn…

• What new government funds are being issued.
• What these new funds mean for your business.
• How to effectively use your voice to advocate for more government funds.
• How to be a part of the decision making process.

REGISTER TODAY!

Directors, Educators, and Owners PLEASE take a few moments and fill out the latest NAEYC Child Care Survey.   Your responses can make a big difference in helping our decision makers (State and Federal Legislators, Governors, and State Agencies) understand the challenges that child care businesses and educators face as they provide a combination of early care and education to working parents.  

The SURVEY* will close at midnight ET on Wednesday, June 30th.  

Early childhood educators, will you take a few moments to complete the newest NAEYC survey on the ECE field, available in English and in Spanish?
 
Your responses and your voices make a huge difference in helping policy makers and the public understand the continued urgency of the challenges you face, how relief is helping, and how much more is needed.

*Completed surveys will be entered into a lottery to win a $50 gift card.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY!

Dear Essential Provider,

As you well know, we are in a pivotal moment for child care and early learning. With conversations about Universal Preschool and Child Care taking off across the country, there is a lot of energy (and admittedly, anxiety) from providers. We want to ensure this energy is directed in a meaningful way so that strategies are aligned, messaging is coordinated, and our overall message on the need for mixed delivery is heard by policymakers.

For this reason, we have teamed up with the Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) on a new initiative, Champions for Mixed Delivery. This will be a series of biweekly check-in calls to share and receive updates about key proposals, coordinate messaging and talking points, and share resources for advocacy. Most importantly, these meetings will be open to all interested provider groups, including state and local child care associations.

Please sign up to get started. The bi-weekly meetings will begin on Wednesday, June 16th. We encourage you to join in this effort to ensure that we build a united voice across the child care industry. We believe that advocating to become part of a mixed delivery system can be more successful than trying to shut it down. There are states that have been UPK for several years. No doubt they will be used as examples that it can be done. The three I am most familiar with are Georgia, Oklahoma, and Florida. They all have a mixed delivery system but none that we would want to fully endorse. There are bits and pieces that we could take from each one of them to build a better system that includes the current industry owners and operators. PLEASE plan to join this conversation and feel free to share this email and invite with anyone in your network who may be interested. The more voices we have the better.

Thank you and let us know if you have any questions.

Cindy Lehnhoff, Director of the National Child Care Association (NCCA)