➡️ Learn how public investment and bold leadership are making a difference in Connecticut, where passage of landmark legislation offers lessons and inspiration for similar progress in New Jersey.

➡️ Hear from business leaders, parents, child care educators, and others about how a modern approach to funding and coordinating child care will benefit children, families, employers, and the broader economy.

At the event, we’ll:
➡️ Launch a concerted statewide campaign that shows why affordable, high-quality child care must be treated as essential infrastructure for New Jersey's families, economy, and future — and a must-do for policymakers.

With a new Governor to be elected this year and all 80 Assembly seats up for reelection, it is time for child care to take its place as a high priority in New Jersey's policy agenda.

“The way we’ve conceptualized child care as a service to working parents as opposed to a learning laboratory doesn’t make sense. We want children to come to kindergarten ready to learn, as if that’s where learning begins. We know more clearly than we ever have that that is not the case.”
–Dan Wuori