Get Involved: May 11th is Day Without Child Care
(May 7, 2026) – Our country’s 5th annual Day Without Child Care is next Monday, May 11th! I’ve attached a video with some info about this event and a quick way that you can get involved.
Details here: Easy Way to Participate in the “Day Without Child Care”
Michigan’s Children needs your help – we will post a series of videos where parents share what would happen if they didn’t have access to child care. Record a video of yourself – aim for a brief response anywhere from a few seconds to a minute long. Spread the word! Click on this link to participate.
Mothering Justice is hosting a Day Without Child Care press conference in Detroit 11-11:45am on Monday, May 11th. Learn more and register here. Address: Cadillac Place, 3044 W Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 48202. Get there a bit early to find parking.
Early Childhood Budget Requests from Michigan’s Children
(April 10, 2026) – Use these child care scholarship and Early On budget request documents to prepare talking points for a call, email, or meeting with your state lawmakers. For extra brownie points, send these documents to your state lawmakers!
Advocate for Early Childhood Programs with these Call Scripts & Action Alerts
(April 10, 2026) – The state Senate and House are finalizing their state budget proposals in the next month or two, which means now is the time to advocate for the early childhood programs that your community depends on. It only takes 2 minutes to call using our easy call scripts:
- Child care scholarship script
- Early On script
- Rx Kids script
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation call script
Double up on early childhood advocacy by emailing your lawmakers using these pre-written email templates:
- Child care scholarship action alert
- Early On action alert
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation action alert
- This funding request document can help you formulate talking points. Extra brownie points if you send these to your state lawmakers!
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation funding request
Other helpful resources:
- Here’s an Early Childhood Budget Advocacy Toolkit: EC Budget Advocacy Toolkit
- These funding request documents can help you formulate talking points. Extra brownie points if you send these to your state lawmakers!
Michigan can fix special education funding by aligning resources with what students truly need
The Michigan Special Education Finance Reform Blueprint (MI Blueprint) shows exactly how to get there. We need state leaders to act. Tell Michigan policymakers to support the MI Blueprint special education funding reform. Join us for our upcoming Lunch & Learn to learn more about the MI Special Education blueprint and the recently published Special Education Benchmark Report. Link to Action Alert.
This is the agenda from the MiPAAC meeting. They have the QR code to the action alert in the agenda on page 6. Click here.