BBF Fall Forums – Beginning 10/6

Building Bright Futures (BBF) is hosting a series of fall forums as part of Act 76 monitoring to listen and learn from Vermont communities. These sessions will focus on what is working well in Vermont’s child care system and where challenges remain.

Register to join a forum: Oct. 6 in Newport, Oct. 23 in Brattleboro, Oct. 30 via Zoom, or Nov. 6 via Zoom.

 

VCLF Fall Gathering – 10/8

The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) will be having its Fall Gathering on Tuesday, October 8 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub.

In recent years, our brave little state capital has seen a lot of change. Post-COVID, there are fewer workers coming to town every day to support local businesses. Flooding in 2023 and 2024 has made things even more challenging. VCLF has been collaborating on a new vision for a Montpelier that is inclusive, resilient, and thriving.

At the event you will get a chance to meet leaders of three Montpelier VCLF borrowers and learn about their plans for the future and how VCLF is helping them get there – the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub, the New School of Montpelier, and the Greenway Institute.

The Alliance is a program of VCLF, an organization that has supported critical parts of our community including child care providers since 1988.

Register for this event on Eventbrite.

 

Trauma Informed Care Training – 11/13

The Vermont Agency of Education, in collaboration with the Pyramid Model Consortium, is hosting a free training for early childhood educators and care providers about trauma-informed care on November 13 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The training builds on previous offerings and will draw connections between trauma-informed care, wellness, and the effective workforce. It will explore trauma-informed universal supports and practices, with a focus on regulation skills, de-escalation, and relational repair.

Register for this event on Eventbrite.

 

Join the Alliance Today

Become a member of the Alliance! Alliance members are committed to a common purpose – working together to amplify early childhood voices and influence policy making in order to realize the promise of every Vermont child. We are grateful for the work of our members who advanced our vision this year. We hope you will join us as we build support for ongoing campaigns, track implementation of programs that have passed, and prepare a full slate of issues for advocacy in ’26.

You can join or renew your annual membership online today. If you have questions, please contact the Alliance’s Outreach Manager Taylor Hughey at taylor@vecaa.org. 

 
 

The Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance is a statewide coalition formed in 2000 of early childhood professionals, parents, organizations, businesses, and strategic partners committed to improving public policies that impact young children between birth and age eight in the areas of health, safety, food security, economic security, and early care and education.

The Alliance crafts an annual Legislative Agenda in partnership with early childhood organizations, provides year-round advocacy support, and facilitates meaningful interactions with policymakers at key times during the decision making process.

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