DEC Advocacy Letters
- 2021 - 2024
2024
December 11, 2024
To: President-Elect Donald Trump
Transition Letter: Child Care and Early Learning Priorities for the Incoming Trump Administration
July 22, 2024
To: U.S. Department of Education
DEC Comments on the Potential Extension of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) for Workers in ECE Settings
June 25, 2024
To: U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Calling on Congress to Reject Funding Cuts and Fully Appropriate Funds for Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) Spending
January 19, 2024
To: Director of Policy and Planning, Office of Head Start
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Comments on the Proposed Head Start Performance Standards
January 19, 2024
To: Director of Policy and Planning, Office of Head Start
DEC Comments on the Proposed Head Start Performance Standards
January 8, 2024
To: United States Senate and House of Representatives
DEC Joins Organizations Across the U.S. in Rejecting FY2024 Cuts to Non-Defense Spending
2023
December 11, 2023
To: Office of Management and Budget
FY2025 Early Childhood Care and Education Budget Increase Request
November 13, 2023
To: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
Comments to the Office of Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services on the Administration’s proposed rule for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
August 28, 2023
DEC Comments on Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) (Docket Number: ACF–2023–0003 / RIN Number: 0970–AD02)
August 28, 2023
To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services
Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
A Proposed Rule by the Health and Human Services Department on 7/13/2023
July 10, 2023
Comments in response to the proposed changes to the IDEA Part B and Part C SPP-APR Data Collections
July 10, 2023
Comments in response to the proposed changes to the IDEA Part B and Part C SPP-APR Data Collections
April 27, 2023
To: Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards
Comments on Initial Proposals for Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards – OMB- 2023-0001
March 23, 2023
Funding for the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant
March 23, 2023
Funding for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies (SET-NET)
March 15, 2023
To: The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Joint Statement by National Organizations and Farm Bill Stakeholder Groups in Support of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
2022
November 14, 2022
To: Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Letter to Congress to Support Permanent, Nationwide 12-Month Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
November 7, 2022
Letter to Congress on Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023 on Early Intervention and Education Costs for Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children with Disabilities
October 13, 2022
To: Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Letter to Congress on Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023 on High-Quality Child Care and Early Learning Programs
July 20, 2022
To: Senators and Representatives of U.S. Congress
Letter to Congress in Support of a Reconciliation Package that includes Funding for Affordable, Quality Child Care and Early Learning
March 24, 2022
To: Senators and Representatives of U.S. Congress
Letter to Congress in Support of Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19
March 3, 2022
To: Jennifer Coffey, U.S. Department of Education
Docket No. ED-2021-OSERS-0160, Proposed Priority-State Personnel Development Grants
February 28, 2022
To: An Open Letter to the Nation
On Behalf of Children and Toddlers - Priorities for 2022 and Beyond
February 14, 2022
To: The Leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees
Urging passage of the twelve appropriations bills for the Fiscal Year 2022