About Pre-K for All Louisiana Campaign
Pre-K for All Louisiana is a non-partisan campaign committed to the expansion of voluntary, high quality pre-k for all four year olds in Louisiana through a diverse delivery system that includes child care and Head Start.
The partners leading the campaign are:
The Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families, whose membership is comprised of child and family serving organizations from across the state, works to increase advocacy, promote best practices and improve training opportunities for those working with children.
BrightStart is an initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive early childhood system in Louisiana that will coordinate and integrate services for children ages 0-5. This initiative is designed to create service systems integration and partnerships to enhance children’s ability to enter school healthy and ready to learn.
For more information about the Partnership and BrightStart go to:
www.lapartnership.org
Voluntary, universal access to pre-k for all four-year-olds is also a priority issue for Blueprint Louisiana. Established in 2006, Blueprint Louisiana is a citizen-driven effort to identify and implement essential changes to fundamentally improve Louisiana. The nonpartisan effort is led and supported by community and business leaders from across the state. More than 3,000 citizens and 40 organizations have indicated their support for the Blueprint Agenda. For more information go to www.blueprintlouisiana.org
Additional organizations that have endorsed the proposed legislation include:
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Louisiana Chapter
The Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition
The Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana
Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana
The Children and Families Action Network
Agenda for Children
National Council of Jewish Women - Greater New Orleans Section
United Way Success by 6
The Extra Mile
Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association
National Association of Social Workers
Kingsley House
Outreach Center
United Way of Acadiana
Louisiana Association for the Education of Young Children
If your organization would like to join the Pre-K for All Louisiana campaign, please contact Loren Brown at advocacy@prekforallla.org or 225-236-8873.