Arizona Early Childhood Alliance

AZECA is a partnership of 53 public, nonprofit & private early childhood organizations statewide dedicated to collaborating on policy solutions for AZ children.

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

Thanks to all who joined us for AZECA Early Childhood Day at the Capitol!

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

Arizona’s child care waitlist now has almost 10,000 kids on it! That’s 10,000 lives on hold due to unaffordable child care! #10000Kids #ChildcareWaitlist

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

Arizona Parents! DES is opening up the child care assistance wait list! Letters were sent to eligible families on July 11th. Families MUST reply by July 25th in order to reprocess their applications. Don't miss out on this opportunity to access high quality early education!

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

Thank you to AZECA’S partners and Governor Katie Hobbs for securing $45M in child care assistance funding to help Arizona children and their families access high quality child care!

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

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[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the @arizonaagenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part Three of Three. @AZFTF

[Arizona Agenda @arizonaagenda]

Arizonans aren’t smoking enough cigarettes to fund childcare. A vape tax lawmakers ignored this year could’ve helped, but there are systemic issues that need addressing, too. (🔗 in bio)

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the @arizonaagenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part Two of Three. @azhead_start

[Arizona Agenda @arizonaagenda]

Arizona’s Head Start program is in crisis mode. Federal funding freezes, a near-elimination of the program and new delays are hitting providers hard. What happens when a lifeline for thousands gets cut midstream? (🔗 in bio)

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

AZECA Partners are making news! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the @arizonaagenda for highlighting the growing crisis in Arizona's early care and education system! Part One of Three.

[Arizona Agenda @arizonaagenda]

In Arizona, parents are being forced to choose between their jobs and their kids — again. After years of pandemic relief, childcare subsidies are drying up, and the state’s waitlist for them is growing. Spoiler alert: There’s no clear solution in sight. (🔗 in bio)

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

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[National Women's Law Center @nwlc]

It’s simple. Public investment in child care is an investment in women, families, and our economy.

Learn more: https://t.co/CJMfqr0X77

[CLASP Child Care & Early Education @CLASPChildCare]

30% of US children under 13 qualify for a CCDBG subsidy under federal income limits, but only 20% are eligible under state requirements. Strict income thresholds at the state level are often the result of limited resources and other state policy decisions. https://t.co/WSHVrbsHty

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

There is some really amazing work coming out on how climate change is impacting the development of young children. Check it out!

[HarvardCenter @HarvardCenter]

In collaboration with the @FrameWorksInst and @HarvardCCHANGE, we have launched a new research project designed to investigate the most effective strategies for communicating about the many ways that climate change is affecting early childhood development: https://t.co/Rh1pQQnzDd

[Arizona Early Childhood Alliance @ArizonaEarly]

The crisis is only going to continue to grow unless we do something different!

[National Women's Law Center @nwlc]

During a @SenateFinance hearing today, our CEO @FGossGraves emphasized what millions of families and early educators know all too well: our child care crisis sector is in crisis.

But, we also know the solutions that work.

[HarvardCenter @HarvardCenter]

To learn how climate change is affecting early childhood development, read our new brief, "Growing Up in a Warming World"
https://t.co/ngzL1Bas6I