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The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) is a non-profit alliance of America’s leading national, regional, and independent providers of high-quality child care and early learning and development programs for young children. ECEC was formed in 1999 to create a provider voice to shape public policy in support of high-quality care and education for children and families. ECEC is the only national organization exclusively representing the voice of child care providers on Capitol Hill and in the states. ECEC represents those who implement the policies created in Congress and in the states.

ECEC is engaged in the states and on the federal level in supporting strategies and advocating legislation that promotes the development and funding of high-quality early care and education. ECEC’s efforts include meeting with legislators and their staff, testifying before Congress and the Administration, shaping the early learning debates in national meetings and the media, and building effective collaborations with other national childhood organizations. Directly or through advocacy grants, ECEC has convened partners, drafted legislation, bussed parents and teachers to statehouses, trained providers on how to lobby, and pressed for increased funding. ECEC emphasizes the need to address all parts of the child care and early education system.

For more information on our policy issues, visit our "Issues in Focus" page.

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Bright Horizons Watertown, Massachusetts Brightside Academy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Childcare Business Coalition of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Childcare Network Columbus, Georgia Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado Denver, Colorado Easter Seals Child Development Network Chicago, Illinois Goddard Systems, Inc. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania HighScope Educational Research Foundation Ypsilanti, Michigan Human Services Management Corporation San Fransico, California Knowledge Universe Portland, Oregon

Learning Care Group Novi, Michigan Massachusetts Association of Day Care Agencies Boston, Massachusetts National Child Care Association Washington, DC New Horizon Academy Plymouth, Minnesota Pennsylvania Child Care Association Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Primrose Schools Acworth, Georgia Stepping Stone School Austin,Texas Sunrise Preschools Phoenix, Arizona Teaching Strategies, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland

In November 2008, USA Child Care joined forces with the Early Care and Education Consortium to help bring a greater voice to those whose job it is to design, develop, and implement direct service programs for America's young children. USA Child Care pioneered in focusing attention on the importance of child care subsidy reimbursement rates and strengthening leadership in the field. With the resources, energy, and commitment of USA Child Care, ECEC will bring an even stronger voice for providers to state and federal policy funding debates.