We Promote Discussion About Quality Early Education
Head Start programs statewide hold community events for parents, families and the public in mind. These events are a good way to discuss quality early education.
We outreach to Vermont lawmakers to educate them about the facts. We also coordinate with Head Start parents to help them tell their stories about early education and comprehensive services they received. The result of VHSA and other advocacy groups is to help the Vermont Legislature make informed decisions.
VHSA partners with New England Head Start Association and the National Head Start Association to work on issues in Washington that influence federal law makers, too.
Blog:
Early Childhood Educators Need to Be Better Supported, Valued, and Compensated, NHSA Blog
- The March 12, 2020 blog reports on Head Start and the Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Profession. “This week NHSA joined more than a dozen leading national organizations in releasing a first-of-its-kind framework defining standards, qualifications, roles, supports, and compensation for members of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) profession.” Read more at the National Head Start Association link.
News:
COVID Impacts the Youngest, VTDigger, March 202022, the impact of COVID on young children an United Children’s Services (UCS’s) successful mitigation strategies focusing on their Head Start program
National Organizations:
There are many other organizations that advocate for children and families that could use your help. This is a partial list of some of these organizations.
- Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
- Children’s Alliance
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Coalition on Human Needs
- Every Child Matters
- Moms Rising
- National Women’s Law Center