How State and Local Advocates Stopped Cutbacks and Achieved Successes

Jul 25, 2012

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In the July 24, 2012 audio conference How State and Local Advocates Stopped Cutbacks and Achieved Successes, Hannah Matthews from CLASP and Helen Blank from NWLC discuss with state advocates from California, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, and New York about how they prevented cuts to child care and early education programs in their states.

Call participants included:

• Kim Johnson, Public Policy Manager at California Resource and Referral Network
• Scott Moore, Senior Policy Advisor at Preschool California
• Christine Robinson, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Illinois Action for Children
• Sheila Hansen, Policy Director at Child and Family Policy Center in Iowa
• Cynthia Rice, Senior Policy Analyst at Association for Children of New Jersey
• Betty Holcomb, Policy Director at Center for Children's Initiatives in New York

Included below are outreach materials and reports used by the call participants during their efforts to stave off cuts and improve child care assistance in their respective states.

• California's Child Care and Development Budget Crisis
• Save Kindergarten in California
• Impact of Child Care Budget Cuts in California
• The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Illinois
• California Gov. Brown Proposes Drastics Restructuring of Child Care
• How Live Love Laugh Contributes to Our Economy in Illinois
• Child Care Assistance: Providers Face Big Losses and Hard Decisions in Iowa
• Frozen Funding Leads to Cracks in Foundation in New York