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Have you made a plan to vote? When you vote in the November 3 election, you are voting on behalf of our children! Copy and paste our checklist in the comments!

Your vote matters more than ever in this upcoming general election! Quality Child Care is a Pandemic essential. Read the latest Op Ed from our partners at #UniteLA: https://www.laparent.com/quality-child-care-is-a-pandemic-/

Did you know Child360 houses an award-winning Research and Evaluation department? We work with you to understand, improve and measure the success of your project. Visit https://child360.org/research/ to learn more about our services and recent work.

Grant funding is now available for licensed family child care homes and child care centers affected by COVID-19 in the City of Los Angeles! Applications are due Monday, October 26, 2020 by 12:00 PM PT. Click here to learn more and apply: http://ow.ly/mdB950BY6LN

Your vote matters! We are officially two weeks away from the General Election on November 3! Planning to vote by mail? Sign-up to track your ballot at: http://ow.ly/cQRF50BXDE8 and receive notifications on the status of your vote-by-mail ballot! Ballots must be postmarked by November 3, 2020.

Kudos to our friends at Sesame Street for addressing racism in their new television special, "The Power of We" - available to watch today! #ComingTogether

At Child360, we believe in educational justice, and stand with 68% of LA County voters that agree access to early learning and child care is a social justice issue. Join us at 10am TODAY for a virtual candidate forum where you’ll hear candidates discuss this issue in two important upcoming races. Brought to by UNITE-LA and #LAPartnershipforEarlyChildhoodInvestment, RSVP here: http://ow.ly/ZdzJ50BSsNO #ChooseChildrenLA

It's Amazon Prime Day today and tomorrow! If you are planning to purchase anything for your little learner, be sure to select Child360 as your charity of choice through Amazon Smile! Simply visit this special URL and login to your existing account or create a new one: smile.amazon.com You will see the same products and same prices. After you select Child360, Amazon will donate 0.5% of all eligible purchases to help us support early childhood education. Happy shopping!

Register today for the Early Childhood Candidate Forum brought to you by UNITE-LA and #LAPartnershipforEarlyChildhoodInvestment. Tomorrow, October 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., you will hear candidates in two important races discuss early childhood issues that are important to families. Confirmed speakers include Holly Mitchell and Herb Wesson (Candidates for Board of Supervisors District 2) and Patricia Castellanos and Tanya Ortiz Franklin (candidates for LAUSD Board of Education Seat 7). #ChooseChildrenLA RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_P5dgvQ9-TkSxKVGc9hOM8w

Eighty-two percent (82%) of Los Angeles voters strongly believe that access to childcare is essential to jumpstarting the economy following the coronavirus. Two important races will determine this direction. To educate your voting decisions, tune-in to a special candidate forum, hosted by our friends UNITE-LA and #LAPartnershipforEarlyChildhoodInvestment, on Wednesday, October 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to hear from candidates for Board of Supervisors District 2 and Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Seat 7. #ChooseChildrenLA RSVP here: http://ow.ly/DbEq50BQtZB

More news coverage on the connection between access to childcare and economic recovery. UNITE-LA and #LAPartnershipforEarlyChildhoodInvestment shared findings with EdSource:

Are you planning to attend the American Evaluation Association Eval20 virtual experience? If so, please join Child360 on October 29 at 2:30pm for a skill-building workshop entitled, "Stories from the Heart: Using data to empower communities through systems change work." Donna Escalante, Research and Evaluation Supervisor, and Alejandra Maria Portillo, Research Analyst, will lead the discussion. Click here to register: http://ow.ly/lFSk50BOumv

With elections nearing, your vote matters more than ever for our little ones. According to a recent poll conducted by our partners at UNITE-LA & #LAPartnershipforEarlyChildhoodInvestment 80% of likely voters are in favor of new investments in child care and early childhood education. Read more: The Imprint