Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance – Improving the lives of Vermonts young children, families, and providers in the areas of health, safety, food security, economic security, and early care and education.

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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.

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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.

2025 Annual Membership Meeting - Registration is Open!

Registration is open! Join early childhood advocates and policy leaders from around the state on the afternoon of May 28 at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich for the Alliance’s Annual Membership Meeting.

Join the Alliance or renew your membership here. Contact Taylor Hughey, Alliance Outreach Manager, at taylor@vecaa.org with any questions.

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, and the next session is coming up on Friday, May 16, at 1:00 pm.

Our discussion this month will be focused on how to develop and implement equitable and inclusive holiday/leave personnel policies. Some readers will recall we had a session on this topic last year, and we’re holding one again in response to requests for more discussion and sharing. This time we’ll be led by Lynn Burgess, the Administrative Manager at the Vermont Community Loan Fund, and Cecelia Puleio, a Teacher Mentor at the Montpelier Children’s House.

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!

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Recent Newsletters

Alliance Annual Membership Meeting – 5/28; SNAP Day of Action! – 4/30; Homelessness Awareness Day – 5/6; VTAEYC Family Child Care Recognition Events – 5/15 & 5/22

BBF VECAP Summit – 5/27; VTAEYC VT Dept of Health Q&A – 5/8; Ready, STEM, Go Virtual – Conference 5/7 and 5/8; 3SquaresVT Conference – 7/17

Alliance Monthly Equity Discussion – 4/18; Preschool Statewide Network Meeting – 4/17; Vermont 211 Online Directory; Hunger Free VT Story Ask; Join the Alliance

VTAEYC Week of the Young Child; LGK Hosts April Lunch and Learn – 4/17; Alliance Monthly Equity Discussion – 4/18; Nonprofit Legislative Day – 4/22

Issue Update – Reach Up and Tax Credits

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“It’s incredibly valuable to have this vast network of statewide advocates that can rally people to share their stories or reach out to their Legislator. We were successful in getting the Family and Medical Leave bill and it was in large part because of the work of the Alliance.”

– MAIN STREET ALLIANCE