Today is the day! Week of the Young Child 2020 is here. Make sure you follow us on Facebook & Twitter for our fun-filled week of celebration! #woyc20

Thank you @dougducey for making Week fo the Young Child 2020 official in Arizona #WOYC20 #Arizona #aztogether #earlychildhoodeducation

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Good morning 🌞Happy Family Friday! Research shows that when families are active participants in their children’s care and education, everyone benefits. Find quality research-based resources for families at NAEYC First Things First Southern Arizona AEYC ow.ly/B4h550zh94v #woyc20 #SharetheCareAZ

From our families to your yours! Thank you for all you have been doing during these challenging times. Make sure you take the time today and every day to celebrate YOU! #familyfriday #WOYC20 #familiesareessential

#Childcare is the backbone of our nation’s response to disaster & the road to recovery, and they are in need of additional & direct investment. Join us in telling your member of #Congress today why they need to substantially #FundChildCare #HEROESAct

Yes. It should. NAEYC nytimes.com/2020/05/27/ups…

The Ziglar Center in Child Development at the Yale University School of Medicine is conducting an urgent study of child care providers to help inform guidelines for safe reopening of programs. Please share your feedback by May 29 as we plan a path forward bit.ly/2M1uakL

If the child care industry keeps losing capacity, who will care for children when it’s safe to return to work?

Board President - Cynnamon Woodberry - has written a statement concerning the crisis affecting our black community. Please click on the link to read the full letter sazaeyc.org/a-letter-from-… we will continue to #amplifymelanatedvoices and educate on #BlackLivesMatter

The pain of racism is devastating our country and you’ve likely seen the impact in your own community. And you may have even seen it before in your classroom. weareteachers.com/teachers-fight…

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Our newest survey data paints a bleak picture for the economic viability of child care. Providers are holding on by their fingernails. $50 billion in federal funding is what will be required to keep our economy stable. Our global competitors get this. Why don’t we? NAEYC

The lack of sufficient public investment in the face of the #COVID19 pandemic has forced #childcare programs, educators & families into a series of impossible choices with devastating consequences. NEW NAEYC survey reveals child care's fight to survive: naeyc.org/pandemic-surve…

Data shows that we’ll need a significant increase in federal funding for the child care industry to be there when it’s safe for parents to return to work and for the economy to reopen and recover. @SenatorSinema we need your help to pass legislation to #SaveChildCare NOW.

Child care plays an important role always — and even more so during a public health & economic emergency. This is why Congress must #SaveChildCare NOW with substantially more funding. Martha McSally, will you help pass legislation? Families and providers can't wait any longer.

📣 Today is the day! Educators, Parents, Advocates... 📞Call your senators & tell them to #SaveChildCare Please RT!

Proud SAZAEYC moment - here’s one of our amazing members Ysidro Holmes 😍