ZERO TO THREE: NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND FAMILIES

Appropriations: Advocated for appropriations requests for - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health grants, Project LAUNCH, Early Childhood Development Experts Grants, Transforming Pediatrics in Early Childhood grants, Infant and Toddler Court Programs, Head Start/ Early Head Start, and IDEA Part C. Advocated for congressional support of appropriations letters for infant and early childhood mental health, child care, and other health services for children/ families, etc.

Discuss tax provisions with Sens. Warner and Justice about their bill the Child Care Supply Tax Credit Act. Newly Endorsed: Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act, H.R. 6645 Baby Bonus Act, H.R. 6234 The End Child Poverty Act, H.R. 6235 Continue to Support: American Family Act, S 1393; HR 2763

Continue to Support: Build Housing with Care Act, S 310; HR 646 Endorsed: Resolution designating November as the National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month

Reconciliation: Continue to do harm mitigation by meeting with congressional offices about Medicaid work requirements and how to effectively exclude caregivers. Also met with the CMS to discuss this issue.

Reconciliation: Lobbied against harmful changes to Medicaid, SNAP, and CTC that targeted immigrants. Also lobbied against harmful immigration detainment policies within the reconciliation package.

Discussed the overall importance of infant and toddler court teams which are integrated within the child welfare system. Discussed the federal funding of the infant and toddler court program.

Early education and intervention - lobbied for funding towards CCDBG and Head Start/Early Head Start Started Endorsing: Child Care for Every Community Act, H.R.5658 Keeping All Students Safe Act,H.R, 6617 Continue to Endorse and Support: PROSPECT Act, S 3168; HR 1630 Child Care Takes a Village Act Child Care Access & Affordability Act Child Care Workforce Act, HR 1826; S 4480 Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2025, HR 1296 Building Child Care for a Better Future Act, HR 2595 Head Start for Americas Children Act, S 2819

Advocated for Congressional engagement with the Administration for the reopening of the SAMHSA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Center. Advocated for federal funding for programs that provide health services to infants and toddlers pertaining to mental health and early intervention. Programs included - IECMH Grant Program, Project LAUNCH, Early Childhood Development Experts Grants, and Transforming Pediatrics in Early Childhood.

Endorsed: Parental Workforce Training Act, H.R.6406 The Healthy Families Act, no number