Policy Links
Here are links to representatives, government agencies, advocacy groups, and other resources to help you advocate for high-quality early care and education.
- Policymakers and Government Agencies
- Policy Research, Professional, and Advocacy Organizations
- Other Policy and Advocacy Resources
Policymakers and Government Agencies
New York City
- Office of the Mayor
- Public Advocate
- City Council
- Comptroller
- Borough Presidents
- Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – (DOHMH)
- Human Resources Administration - (HRA)
- New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE)
New York State
- Governor
- Comptroller
- Senate
- Assembly
- Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
- State Education Department (SED)
- Council on Children and Families (CCF)
- Office of Higher Education
Federal
- President
- Representatives
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Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand
Chuck Schumer - US Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
Policy Research, Professional, and Advocacy Organizations
New York City
- Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. (AFC)
- Center for Children’s Initiatives (Formerly Child Care Inc.)
- Children’s Aid Society
- Children's Defense Fund–NYC
- Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Inc. (CCC)
- Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
- National Center for Children and Families
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- New York City Association for the Education of Young Children (NYCAEYC)
State
- The New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council
- Early Care & Learning Council
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education–New York Chapter
- New York State Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NYSAECTE)
- New York State Association for the Education of Young Children (NYSAEYC) -
- NYS Docs for Tots
- New York State Head Start Association
- New York Zero-to-Three Network
- Winning Beginning New York
National
- Alliance for Childhood
- Alliance for Early Success
- Center for the Child Care Workforce
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Children's Defense Fund
- Docs for Tots
- Early Care & Education Consortium
- Education Commission of the States
- National Association of/for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association for Family Child Care
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Women's Law Center
- The Ounce of Prevention Fund
- Voices for America's Children
- Zero to Three
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