GET
INVOLVED
Kansas children are depending on us.
No matter your role, you have the ability to advocate for early childhood programs.
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Legislators
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Protect the Children's Initiatives Fund
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Advocate for ABC program to be incorporated into foster care and other existing early childhood programs as an "episode of care"
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Get involved in local early childhood boards and initiatives
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Encourage both public and private local investment in science-based early childhood programs
Foundations
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Start community conversations around the value of early childhood programs
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Invest in evidence-based early childhood programs
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Invest in sustaining and expanding the ABC pilot project
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Establish an early childhood fund
Business community
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Get involved in local early childhood boards and initiatives
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Encourage public and private investment in science-based early childhood programs
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Donate individually to your local community foundation's early childhood fund—and establish one if it doesn't yet exist​
Early childhood organizations
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Refer families into the program
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Transition to use of evidence-based programs—especially short episodes within existing programs
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Educate policymakers and business leaders on value of evidence-based early childhood programs
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Recruit community and business leaders to serve on your boards