While most children live in secure environments and reach young adulthood healthy both emotionally and physically, we know that the opportunity to become productive members of society eludes thousands of Wyoming children.
We challenge you to Step Up for Children on September 16th at the Capital or at your local county courthouse.
Related Links
The Coalition for Wyoming Children is Wyoming's advocacy group for all children’s issues.
Voices For America's Children provides timely and useable information on issues impacting the lives of children.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private, charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children and youth in the United States.
Zero to Three is the nation’s leading resource on the first years of life.
National Association for the Education of Young Children works to promote excellence in early childhood education.
The Wyoming Legislative Website allows you to email your legislators.
Educational Productions had made available a new advocacy video that reinforces arguments for supporting early care and education. Say Yes, Now! is a new advocacy video. It is a free online resource you can use to raise awareness and encourage more investment in early care and education. This 10-minute video celebrates high quality care and education programs and shows what happens when children do not have access to these experiences.
Say Yes, Now! acknowledges how teachers and staff help lay the foundation for later academic skills. But it particularly emphasizes how the social skills and emotional development nurtured in these settings are, in fact, the very same skills employers value most. They are the life skills we all need. When children have rich opportunities to learn and practice in their early years, they are most likely to be successful in school, and beyond.
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