Advocacy Toolkit

Advocacy -ECEA Membership Voices are Most Effective when they are Elevated and Persistent!

What Are We Asking? (Talking Points)

*Child care is essential for families

*Great early care and education support children's development

*Child care is essential for businesses and Colorado's statewide economy

*Rescind or Fund Federal CCDF 2023 Regulations

How to Take Action

*Email your federal legislators about needing them to fund or rescind 2023 New CCDF Federal Regulations *Share Your Story

*Reach out to your state legislators and tell them PRIVATE CHILD CARE IS NOT PUBLIC CHILD CARE!

Ways to share:

  • Send an email
  • Make a phone call
  • Post a message on social media (and tag policymakers!)
  • Record a short video or post a picture on social media (and tag your legislators!)
  • Write a blog or newsletter article and share it online and with your network
  • Write a a Letter to the Editor or Op-Ed for your local newspaper
  • Share a story with us so that we can use in our conversations with policymakers and post them on our website for others to see.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS and YOUR STORY RESONATES!