Our 2024 Annual Report is Live!

Read our 2024 Annual Report

Accomplishments

  • Saved Universal 3K

    - Won $167 million in permanent funding for Universal 3-K in NYC after years of cuts

    - $10 million for FREE care for hundreds of 0-2 year olds in NYC — the first expansion to universal child care in years.

    - Won more free full day (to 6 PM) 3K and PreK Seats in NYC an expansion of the city’s pilot.

    - More funding for outreach - and a promise to make sure that families across the city know how to access free universal 3K and PreK.

  • Built a Movement

    - Grew to over 10,000 supporters in NYC

    - Organized rallies, days of actions and drove hundreds of calls to our City Council members

    - Made universal child care the top issue in NYC elections. Even the media caught on with stories in the New York Times, Daily News, Gothamist/WNYC and more!

  • Released the Five Year Roadmap to Universal Public Child Care

    In November, 2024, we released a major platform outlining the steps to get to free universal public child care in New York State.Universal Public Child Care is:

    - Free

    - All Kids, birth to 5

    - All Day

    - Nearby

    - Easy to Apply