Even before the pandemic, 3 out of 5 of Vermont’s youngest children did not have access to the early childhood education they need. This year the Alliance supports its members’ efforts to pass H.171, a bill that establishes state goals for affordability, access, and quality and lays the foundation of our future early childhood education system by:

- Restructuring CCFAP to cap family co-payments at affordable rates andestablish goals for fair compensation for early childhood educators;
- Formally convening experts and stakeholders to develop plans for raising new revenue as well as system coordination and accountability;
- Fully funding an updated IT system critical to effective and efficient administration; and
- Increasing strategic investments in early childhood education workforce development and early childhood education program capacity.
LEAD ORGANIZATIONS: Let’s Grow Kids and Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children