{"id":31886,"date":"2022-12-12T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-copy\/policy-and-research-copy\/public-policy-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T14:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:54:46","slug":"aecag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread\/policy-and-research\/aecag\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Policy Partners 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
thread<\/strong> is working with strategic partners to increase attention and focus on early childhood education and to build a better child care system in Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n thread<\/strong>‘s CEO, Stephanie Berglund, serves on the current Governor Task Force on Child Care, a group tasked with exploring policy solutions around cost of care, wages, and more for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n To increase advocacy capacities at the local and state levels, thread <\/strong>participates on the Alaska Early Childhood Advocacy Group (AECAG) with Best Beginnings<\/a>, Association for the Education of Young Children Alaska<\/a> affiliates, the Alaska Head Start Association<\/a>, Alaska Infant Learning Professionals Association<\/a>, Parents as Teachers State Office<\/a>, and All Alaska Pediatric Partnership<\/a>. AECAG priorities focus on quality early care and learning, strengthening families, and community engagement and early literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Alaska’s Child Care Resource & Referral organization, thread partners with Child Care Aware of America on child care policy, research and data projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thread, in partnership with the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, is participating in the BPC, USCCF Early Childhood and Business Advisory Council project. The project is focused on supporting bipartisan state and\/or local plans to build a common framework that can serve as a guide in states and localities\u2019 efforts to expand and improve child care quality and access. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Child Care Aware of America As Alaska’s Child Care Resource & Referral organization, thread partners with Child Care Aware of America on child care policy, research and data projects.… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":28997,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31886","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nState<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Governor’s Task Force on Child Care<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Alaska Early Childhood Advocacy Group (AECAG)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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National<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Child Care Aware of America <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n