Trying Together Meets With State Legislators on Importance of Early Care and Education

On June 25, advocates from the Early Childhood Education Advocacy Fellowship visited the capitol to share their stories with 20 legislators. Representing parents, providers, and community members, they emphasized the importance of Early Care and Education in policy discussions.

Trying Together’s key campaign asks included:

• Increasing child care subsidy rates to the 75th percentile to help providers with rising costs
• Investing $284 million in state funding to recruit and retain child care teachers through wage increases, bonuses, and benefits
• Supporting a $30 million investment in Pre-K Counts and $8.8 million for the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program to address workforce challenges
• Backing the proposed $16.6 million increase for the Early Intervention program to serve 3,000 more children and address key sector issues

The visit ensured that these critical issues were highlighted during the last week of budget negotiations.

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