FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND (FORMERLY START EARLY (FOR FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND)) lobbying for FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND (FORMERLY START EARLY (FOR FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND))

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$190,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Illinois

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 4

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

Budget/Appropriations

FY26 funding for Child Care and Development Block Grants (CCDBG), Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, and IDEA Part C and B.

Education

Issues related to the accessibility and expansion of high-quality early learning and care programs including: long term, sustainable improvements and investments in federal early learning and child care as well as programs including Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Child Care and Development Block Grants, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and B. S. 2828/H.R 9224, Child Care Modernization Act; S.2791/H.R. 5334, Supporting Early-childhood Educators' Deductions Act (SEED Act)

Welfare

Issues related to the accessibility and expansion of high-quality early learning and care programs including: long term, sustainable improvements and investments in federal early learning and child care as well as programs including Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Child Care and Development Block Grants, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and B. S. 2828/H.R 9224, Child Care Modernization Act; S.2791/H.R. 5334, Supporting Early-childhood Educators' Deductions Act (SEED Act)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax provisions related to the affordability and accessibility of high-quality child care, including: Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit, and Dependent Care Assistance Plans. S.2791/H.R. 5334, Supporting Early-childhood Educators' Deductions Act (SEED Act)

Bills named in this filing 4

S. 2828
Child Care Modernization Act of 2025
H.R. 9224
Child Care Modernization Act of 2026
S. 2791
SEED Act
H.R. 5334
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026