Winning Beginning NY

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Winning Beginning NY is a statewide coalition working to inform policy-makers and the public about the many benefits of early care and learning to children, families and society. The coalition aims to build a broad-based constituency to make investment in quality early learning a top public priority in New York State.

Winning Beginning NY is co-convened by Child Care, Inc., the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, the New York State Child Care Coordinating Council, and the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children.

Thank Your Elected Officials For Protecting Early Learning!

The NYS Legislature has agreed on budget cuts to help balance the state's deficit. Both child care subsidies and Pre-K classes are exempt from the 6% across-the-board reductions. Thank Governor Paterson and your legislators for protecting these early learning programs from cuts! Send them a letter of thanks here.

See Winning Beginning NY's August 21st letter of thanks sent to Governor Paterson. download letter

Our Executive Agenda
Sent to Governor Paterson

Advancing High-Quality Early Care and Education, Winning Beginning NY's Executive Agenda, urges Governor Paterson to avoid cutting services to young children and families, particularly during this tough fiscal period. August 2008.
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Thank You For Children's Art!

The 2nd Annual Create a Winning Beginning: a Children's Art Project was a visual treat for passersby in the Legislative Office Bulidling in Albany! Grouped by age, the display was a strong visual reminder of how much learning occurs in the earliest years of brain development - and why investments in early care and education are so important.

See more photos of the display here. Selected samples of the 2008 art submissions are here.

Recent Releases

Unequal from the Start: A Check-up on New York City's Infants and Toddlers, a New York Zero-to-Three Network report, assesses New York City's successes and failures in meeting the needs of infants and toddlers. May 2008.
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Generations Unite for Quality Pre-K: New York, a Generations United report, demonstrates the advocacy role older adults can play in support of increased access and improved quality of pre-kindergarten programs. March 2008.
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Investing in Early Care and Education is a Powerful Public Health Initiative for New York's Children, a Docs for Tots research brief, February 2008.
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2008 Winning Beginning NY Advocacy Handbook, an A, B, C, guide to telling your story to lawmakers, media and other concerned groups and individuals to improve the quality of early care and education in New York State. Access the Handbook here.

Funding the Future: States' Approaches to Pre-K Finance, a Pre-K Now national report and 2008 update, highlights strategies and sources that states – and some cities – are tapping in order to expand and supplement current pre-k funding. Access the report here.

Tell Us Your Story

Why is loan forgiveness for the early childhood workforce needed? We need YOUR stories to help lawmakers understand why they should pass loan forgiveness legislation. Click here to tell us your story. READ STORIES here.