Contact Lawmakers
Kids can’t vote, and they don’t give money to political candidates. That’s why we need you.
Whether it’s sending an email message to your member of Congress, tweeting at them or
showing up to a town hall meeting to ask your lawmakers to invest in kids, you can make a real difference for kids!
Learn about our campaigns and how you can be a voice for kids.
Early Learning
Urge Your Senators to Protect Funding for Head Start, Pre-K and Child Care!
High-quality preschool and child care – especially for kids living in poverty – ensure more children have an equal opportunity to succeed. Urge your senators to protect high-quality early learning programs today!
Help Children in Conflict
Urge Congress and the President that Education Cannot Wait
In a few weeks, world leaders will gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. This is a crucial moment for the U.S. to support funding for Education Cannot Wait.
Border Crisis
Stop Indefinite Detention of Children!
The Trump administration has published a new rule that would extend the number of days children can be detained at the U.S. border. Seeking asylum is not a crime. Urge Congress to stop indefinite detention of children!
Child Care
Help Kids like Cole Access High-Quality Child Care
51% of American families live in a child care desert. Children who don’t have quality child care often start kindergarten behind – and never catch up. Urge your members of Congress to address child care deserts today so more kids can thrive!
Protect Funding for Vital Programs
Stop President Trump’s Plan to Take Back Funds for Vital Kids’ Programs
President Trump plans to take away promised funding for programs that help kids. Urge Congress to reject these retroactive budget cuts and to keep their promise to kids.
Stop Inhumane Treatment of Kids
Stop Family Separation and Inhumane Treatment of Children in Detention
Urge Congress to support the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act. This bill would end family separation while also requiring children to receive medical assessments, nutritious food and sanitary conditions.
Refugees Welcome
Speak Out Against the Refugee Ban
Help stop the president’s plan to admit zero refugees to America next year.
Help Children in Latin America
Stop Cuts to Programs that Help Kids in Honduras and Guatemala
President Trump plans to eliminate funding for programs in Honduras and Guatemala that help children and address root causes of migration. Urge Congress to restore funding for these vital programs today!
Help Children Struggling with Trauma
Help Children in War Zones Recover
Urge your senator to support funding for life-saving international humanitarian, health and development programs.
Protect Foreign Assistance Funding
Urge Congress to Protect Life-saving Foreign Assistance Funding
Urge Congress to protect funding for life-saving foreign aid programs that help children everywhere survive and thrive.
Protect Students
Help Children Living in War Zones Be Safe in School
Help children be safe in school by urging Congress to support a bipartisan resolution (House Resolution 277) that condemns attacks on education.
Support the PACE Act
Urge Congress to Help Solve the Child Care Affordability Crisis
Child care costs more than in-state college tuition in all regions of the country. That puts the cost of child care out of reach for too many families. Please urge your members of Congress to help solve the child care affordability crisis!
Child Care and Development Block Grant
Tell Congress: We All Care about Child Care
More than half of eligible families miss out on child care assistance because of lack of funding. We must do better for our nation’s kids and families!
Child Care Deserts
Help More Kids Access Quality Child Care
The first years of children’s lives are critical for their social, emotional and cognitive development. That’s why we need Congress to support the Child Care Facilities and Workforce Act