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The Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance is a statewide coalition of early childhood professionals and providers, parents, and employers working together to improve public policies that impact young children from birth to age eight on issues of health, safety, food security, economic security, and early care and education.
2025 Legislative Agenda
The Alliance’s Legislative Agenda is crafted annually in partnership with early childhood organizations that are advancing policy solutions through the legislative process related to health, safety, food security, economic security, and early care and education.
The issues were selected by the Alliance’s 21-member Steering Committee. One or more lead organizations will direct legislative and advocacy strategy on each issue.
A downloadable PDF of this year’s Legislative Agenda is available on the Alliance’s website, as well as details about each issue.
Alliance Equity Discussion
The Alliance hosts a monthly, salon-style Equity Discussion Group via Zoom. Stay tuned for information about our February session!
Please reach out to Matt Levin, Alliance Executive Director, at matt@vecaa.org if you have suggestions for future topics.
Registration Open - 2025 Early Childhood Day at the Legislature
Registration is now open for Early Childhood Day at the Legislature (ECDL) on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier!
Join the Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance, early childhood professionals, parents, employers, and policymakers in person to meet with legislators about early childhood issues, attend workshops on current topics, and network and exchange information.
The issues on our 2025 Legislative Agenda will play central roles at this year’s ECDL.
We encourage you to register early! To register a group larger than five, please contact Taylor Hughey, Alliance Outreach Manager, at taylor@vecaa.org.
Scholarships and professional development are available. Contact taylor@vecaa.org with any questions.
Alliance Issue Spotlight
This winter, the Alliance will be hosting virtual Issue Spotlights that will focus on one or two issues from the Alliance’s 2025 Legislative Agenda. Joined by representatives from the lead organizations, participants will be able to ask direct questions and hear a brief legislative update regarding the issues.
The next session will be held Monday, January 27, from 3:30 to 4:15 pm, and will focus on development of and access to emergency and affordable housing.
Hosted by the Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about this important program, where it stands in the Legislature, and how to get involved.
Register on Zoom to receive the meeting link.
2024 Legislative Agenda Results
The 2024 legislative session saw a return to the State House’s pace and politics of the pre-pandemic era, with budget pressures and competing House-Senate positions dictating many outcomes. The results for the state’s early childhood community were mixed. While two issues on the Alliance’s 2024 Legislative Agenda had solid success, several had only partial victories and others had disappointing results. A number of issues did make important progress in developing their organizational strength, setting them up for more success in the future.
Without question, issues of pressing concern to Vermont’s young children and their families – housing, economic security, high quality education, health care, etc. – continue to be prominent in policy discussions in the State House.
Looking ahead, Alliance members will be hard at work over the summer and fall building support for ongoing campaigns, tracking implementation of programs that have passed, and preparing a full slate of issues for advocacy in ’25.
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