Advocate/Educate

• Participate in partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for young children and their families;
• Initiate partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for young children and their families;
• Host or sponsor community forums on early childhood topics, such as brain development, parenting programs, quality child care, or access to health care;
• Publish articles about the importance of the early years;
• Work with media to publicize local programs that offer parent education, family support, early care and education, and health services;
• Provide parenting information;
• Form family support groups;
• Sponsor or host family literacy classes;
• Inform others in your organization/business about the importance of the first years of life;
• Provide family insurance coverage that includes prenatal and maternity care, well child, mental health care and immunizations;
• Conduct surveys or focus groups tlearn about the needs of families with young children;
• Inform the public about the importance of the early years on advertisements, promotions and products;
• Include information about healthy early childhood development in professional training and education programs;
• Invite local speakers to offer parenting seminars;
• Communicate concern about the importance of the early years to policy makers;
• Collect information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities and initiatives;
• Publish information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities and initiatives;
• Promote and provide immunizations and health exams for young children;
• Publicize the importance of the first years of life;
• Encourage families tread to their children, beginning at birth and throughout childhood;
• Help parents gain access to resources about parenting and child development; or
• Learn more about early childhood development.

Support

• Fund public awareness efforts about the importance of early childhood development;
• Celebrate and honor community leaders and organizations that are making a difference for young children and their families
• Honor and reward volunteers who provide or improve early childhood programs and services; or
• Provide long-term financial support for early childhood development efforts.