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Campaign for Children Transition Plan: Strengthening New York City’s Early Childhood Education and After-School Systems

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Our Transition Plan: •  Represents input from more than 150 early childhood

education and after-school organizations – both advocates and providers.

•  We stand ready to work with the Mayor-Elect to expand

universal pre-K to all four year olds, as well as expand early childhood education to all children aged 0-4 and after-school programs for children in elementary, middle, and high school.

•  Outlines three key areas that must be addressed: QUALITY, INVESTMENT and EXPANSION.

The Need: !Early childhood education and after-school programs are critical for children and families. They help children succeed in school and enable parents to work, bringing economic security to their families.

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The Problem: !Both systems have consistently been faced with budget cuts, which have impacted capacity and quality. The systems cannot remain dependent on successful advocacy annually restoring one-year funds from the City Council.

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The Plan: !Ensure that all children have access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education and after-school programs.  

o  The Campaign is excited and encouraged to have a Mayor-Elect who is a long-time champion of early childhood education and after-school programs.

o  We stand ready to work with the Mayor-Elect to expand universal pre-K to all four year olds, as well as expand early childhood education to all children aged 0-4 and after-school programs for children in elementary, middle, and high school.

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The Plan: !Short, medium, and long-term benchmarks.  

o  First step = baseline $150 million of one-year funding currently invested in the systems. This would eliminate the annual budget dance.

  o  First term plan = access to high quality, affordable

programs for all children age 0-5 who are eligible for subsidized child care & all low-income and high-need elementary, middle and high school children in need of after-school programs.

  o  Two-term plan = expand the systems to ensure universal

access to high quality, affordable care for all children.

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The new administration must address:

QUALITY, INVESTMENT, and EXPANSION of early childhood education and after-school programs.

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QUALITY: !Implement high quality systems and provide the resources to meet them. !!!•  Ensure programs are educational and enriching. •  Appropriately compensate well-trained staff. •  Fully fund programs at an adequate rate.

•  Enhance communication, collaboration and transparency between City and parents, advocates and the public.

•  Enhance collaboration between City agencies, including the

sharing of data and resources.

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Develop short and long-term plans to fully fund high-quality programs. •  Provide stable, reliable multi-year funding to create

sustainable programs, reduce barriers to access, and ensure continuity for children.

•  Explore all options to maintain and increase investments

at the federal, state and local levels. •  Ensure that programs are affordable for families.

INVESTMENT: !

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EXPANSION: !Develop a strategy to reach all children.   •  Implement universal access to full-year, full-day early

childhood education and universal access to full-year after-school/summer programs for elementary, middle and high school aged youth.

  •  Prioritize expanding access to the highest-need children,

based on income and other risk factors.

•  Explore all options to maintain and increase investments at the federal, state and local levels. Explore all new, progressive revenue options for investing in the system.

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