| Welcome to the VAECE Public Policy and Advocacy Webpage!
Numerous resources are available to you in citizen advocacy. Please reference the list below for materials, alerts, and tools to help you advocate for children!:
Action Alerts
News
VAECE Public Policy Tool Kit
"Advocacy Activities at a Glance" with ideas for the local/community, state, and national activities.
Speaking
and Acting on Behalf of Young Children: What Can I Do?
VAECE
Advocacy Log Questions and Answers
Example
of VAECE Advocacy Log
NAEYC
Advocacy Toolkit* -- this is a near-80 page set of materials,
following Advocates in Action, with examples from affiliates and
other state advocacy organizations on ways to implement advocacy
and public communications efforts. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/toolkit.pdf
Included is the cover page and the first 4 pages of the Advocacy
Toolkit.
Do's
and Don'ts for Election Year* -- this is the memo we previously
sent out on what 501(c)(3) organizations can and cannot do around
certain activities, such as candidate questionnaires and forums,
awards and honors, etc... http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/advocacy/guide.pdf
Self-assessment
worksheet* for affiliates in their public policy and communications
work, first distributed at the NAEYC Institute in Albuquerque
two years ago, but a useful refresher on organizing public policy
and communications efforts.
Guide
to NonPartisan Voter Registration & G.O.T.V. Drives http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/advocacy/gotv.pdf
Included is the first few pages with the table of contents.
*The
NAEYC web site now has these materials you can download to help
with your advocacy work. You can find these materials under Affiliate
Relations -Capacity Building using the links above.
VAECE Public Policy Tool Kit
Section 1: What is advocacy and getting started
Section 2: Lawmaking, talking with legislators, and relationship-building
Section 3: Advocacy strategies, steps, and association do's/don'ts
Supplemental Materials:Tips, rules, and sample letters
Powerpoints: Different versions of advocacy presentations
Best Practices in How to be a Citizen Advocate (Voices for Virginia's Children)
Position Statements Brochure
ACTION ALERT!
Eliminating the Funding for Smart Beginnings and Virginia Star Quality Initiative:
A Step Backward for Virginia’s Children
ACTION NEEDED: Please call/e-mail members of the Virginia General Assembly in opposition to eliminating funding for the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation to ensures the quality and integrity of the QRIS standard and the rating and mentoring process.
Click here for our Foundation Action Sheet.
Cutting or Block-Granting the Virginia Pre-school Initiative (VPI)
and other At-Risk Programs:
A Step Backward for Virginia’s Students
ACTION NEEDED:
1. Senate - Contact your member of the Senate of Virginia, asking him/her to reject the House of Delegates’ budget proposal to “block grant” K-12 educational programs for children at risk for educational failure.
2. House - Please call/e-mail the House budget conferees (separate attachment) asking them to accept the Senate budget provision for the VPI program.
Click here for our VPI Action Sheet.
"Capital Steps" and Advocacy Training 2012
Members and friends of VAECE gathered together on January 14 to receive updates on the "state of the state" in early childhood care and education. Guest speakers included Chris Spanos, VAECE Legislative Consultant, John Morgan, Executive Director for Voices for Virginia's Children, and Delegate Betsy Carr, Virginia House of Delegates, 69th District.
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