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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
Join a group of peers and colleagues from the early childhood community to engage in sustained learning about anti-racism, equity, and inclusion. The Alliance hosts a monthly, salon-style Equity Discussion Group via Zoom.
Stay tuned for information about our next session.
Early Childhood Day at the Legislature
We had a successful Early Childhood Day at the Legislature (ECDL) this year, with over 200 attendees and 55 legislators coming together to discuss early childhood issues, attend workshops on current topics, and network and exchange information.
A full recap of the day is available on the ECDL website.
Save the date for ECDL 2026 on Wednesday, March 11, 2026!
Alliance Issue Spotlight
The Alliance’s series of virtual Issue Spotlights, which focus on issues from the Alliance’s 2025 Legislative Agenda, continues next week.
The next session will be held Monday, March 31, from 3:30 to 4:15 pm, and will provide updates on the status of all of the issues on the Alliance’s ’25 Legislative Agenda.
Led by Matt Levin, the Executive Director of the Alliance, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about the issues on our ’25 Legislative Agenda, where they stand in the Legislature, and how to get involved.
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.
2025 Annual Membership Meeting
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Recent Newsletters
2025 Legislative Agenda Status Update – Early Childhood Issues in the State House
Alliance Issue Spotlight – 3/31; Vermont Commission on Women Pay Equity Cafe – 4/8; CCFAP Guidelines Updated; Alliance Annual Membership Meeting – 5/28; Join the Alliance Issue Update – Delivering on the Promise of Act 76
Issue Update – Delivering on the Promise of Act 76
Issue Update – Building Bright Futures and Empty Arms VT
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