Our Work

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Budget and Policy Advocacy

Promise 5: Children will enter school ready to learn

High quality early care and education opportunities have significant and long-lasting benefits for children, namely language, motor and social skills development. These programs can also ameliorate the collective effects of poverty manifested in poor school performance. It is in the best interest of everyone in the District that the city provide sufficient funding, service coordination and consistency and equity across the early care and education system.

Budget advocacy

FY 2008

• DC ACT comments on need for more, not less, funding for child care in FY 2008 (April 23, 2007)



• Early childhood development program budget analysis (UPDATED: April 4, 2007)

FY 2007

• DC ACT responds to Council questions about early care and education spending (April 24, 2006)



• Testimony on Early Care and Education Administration (DHS) FY 2007 proposed budget (March 30, 2006)



• Analysis of proposed FY 2007 budget for early care and education (March 29, 2006)

FYs 2005 and 2006

• DC ACT comments at FYs 2005-2006 oversight hearing for Department of Human Services (March 9, 2006)

General budget advocacy

• Advocating for Funding for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities, presentation to the Interagency Coordinating Council
(October 2006)


• District of Columbia: Early Learning Left Out - Investments by Child Age on Education and Development (April 2005)



• Learning Left Out: Closing the Investment Gap for America's Youngest Children, 2nd Edition (April 2005)

Policy advocacy

• Early Care and Education Matters: Maintaining Momentum Toward Quality (November 15, 2005)



• Letter of testimony on Bill 16-413 “Childhood Lead Screening Amendment of 2005” (November 13, 2006)



• DC ACT updates the Council on child development facility regulations (February 15, 2006)



• Road Map to Universal School Readiness (2004)

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments or would like more information about our work in the area of safe children, please contact Susie Cambria at 202-234-9404 or scambria@dckids.org.