NAEYC Request for Funding in Early Childhood Education

                                                                             Covid 19

                                                                        2020 Pandemic

             There has been a rapid and massive amount of loss in lives, jobs, socialization, and finances.

            This is also the case for the field of early childhood education. Although this field is overlooked and underappreciated it is an essential field and career that will help benefit our future society and communities. Giving a good foundation to young minds to help them learn, grow, and succeed is what is needed if we want to make advancements in technology, medicine, medical procedures, and economics. 

    Like many other industries, the field of early childhood education has gone through many layoffs, centers closing, low enrollment, and low compensation. Educators, staff members, researchers, therapists, and others involved in ECE are doing whatever it takes to make sure that this field stays thriving and that we are helping as many families and children as possible regardless of the recent decline of money coming into this field. 

    NAEYC conducts a monthly survey to see the statistics of people and centers who are impacted by this year's pandemic. If you want to participate in this survey and share your experience of how COVID-19 is impacting your ECE career you can share it here: https://child360.org/educator-info-naeyc-wants-your-feedback/

They report their findings to Congress to show our need and urgency for funding in this field. To connect with the policymakers we have to find a common language to communicate with them so they can understand the real-life, real-time, situations and experiences members in our community are going through especially now in these unprecedented times.

 December 2020 Survey

           "This uncertainty is driving educators and programs out of the child care sector, and harming

children, families, and businesses. Real relief requires more than a band-aid. We continue to urge

Congress to provide immediate, robust and targeted investments to stabilize and support child care

and early learning so the essential workforce in this $99 billion industry can continue to support

children, families, and the American economy through this crisis, recovery, and beyond" (NAEYC 2020)