Alliance for Early Success Children's Policy Advocacy
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Every Child in Every State 

We are working with allies across the country to achieve equitable state early childhood policy that supports young children and their families.

The Latest from the States

In all 50 states, the Alliance for Early Success is making big, sustained impact possible. Take a closer look.

California Early Childhood Policy Advocacy

California Advocates Create an Advocacy Framework  That Gives Parents of Children with Special Health Needs Resources, Support—and Agency  

July 27, 2026

Advocates at Children Now believe families of children with special health needs should have a say in the policies that affect their kids. That belief drove the creation of the Caregiver Advocacy Circle, an organizing hub created by and for caregivers of children with special health care needs, designed to provide resources, advocacy support, and policy mentoring to caregivers and to fill a critical gap in the advocacy ecosystem.

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Nevada Becomes First State to Create a Child Mental Health Professional Credential

July 20, 2026

Nevada’s SB 165 creates the nation’s first child mental health credential, funding training programs and Medicaid coverage to fight youth crises early. More than two years before SB 165 was introduced, the Children’s Advocacy Alliance of Nevada (CAA) began the process of gathering providers, families, youth, and elected officials to talk honestly about what was happening on the ground.

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Making Connections that Accelerate Advocacy

When you combine connections to peers, access to experts, general operations funding, learning communities, and responsive assistance tailored to a state's landscape, you get a unique kind of support for state early childhood policy advocates that makes unexpected gains possible.

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Resource Centers

The Alliance for Early Success has deep expertise and extensive connections in a long list of early childhood policy areas.

In our resource centers, we connect state advocates—and the broader field—with research, briefs, data sets, state policy examples, and more that represent the latest state early childhood policy knowledge and resources that they need to plan and inform.

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In 2025:

100%
of states reported a policy win in child and maternal health, early care and education, and/or family economic security.
80%
of states with a legislative session reported a early childhood policy win that included a state budget increase.
80%
of states reported the successful defeat of a proposed policy harmful to young children—a 29 percent increase over 2024.