To make your voice heard on early childhood issues:

• Children’s Defense Fund - information on a national level
• Early Childhood Programs Pay Off - Posting on  JournalStar.com –  Sept 3, 2009
• Federal Office Holders - contact your congressman
• First Five Nebraska- This link takes you to the First Five Nebraska site. First Five Nebraska is an organization committed to increasing access to high quality early environments and learning experiences for Nebraska’s children between the ages of 0 and 5.
• Holland Children’s Movement – works to organize and motivate Nebraskans to take action on critical public policies impacting working families and their children
• NAEYC Children’s Champions - information about early care and education on a national level
• National Head Start Association - Head Start’s political action committee
• Nebraska Unicameral -information about your state representative and state early childhood issues
• The Raising of America - The Raising of America is the first national, fully integrated media/public engagement project that aims to reframe the way Americans look at early child health and development.
• Reduce the Deficit- As Congress sits down to write a budget for both 2014 it is looking for ways to both reduce the deficit and increase the effectiveness of dollars spent on education.
• Senator Roster 2018- find your State Senator
  
• Voices for Children in Nebraska - providing advocacy and education services in Nebraska

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