Sign-On Letters

NHSA and CTAP urged the Committee to include provisions from the bipartisan Resilience, Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) from Trauma Act.

Letter urging Congress to reach am agreement on Child Nutrition Reauthorization and ensure the Child and Adult Care Food Program is updated.

In late October, the Office of Head Start published an Information Memorandum which outlines the monitoring process for FY23, including CLASS video pilots to be conducted. In response to concerns from the Head Start community, NHSA sent this letter urging OHS to allow grant recipients to opt out of the video CLASS pilot knowing how…

NHSA joined 410 organizations by signing-on to the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations letter that the Coalition on Human Needs organized.

NHSA wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra to urge the prompt and urgent release of a final rule regarding COVID-19 vaccination for Head Start and Early Head Start staff. While our community is grateful for the September 2022 announcement by the Administration for Children and Families finally aligning the masking requirement in the…

The NHSA joins the forces urging members of Congress to expand early childhood education budget support in FY23 appropriations. 

A sign-on letter from the Automatic Benefit for Children (ABC) Coalition to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to support families.

Home Visiting Coalition is advocating for a reauthorization of the MIECHV program by September 30, 2022.

NHSA wrote to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, as Head Start programs prepare for the school year, to ask: when can we expect a final rule?

NHSA—along with state, regional, and national Head Start associations—sent a letter to HHS Secretary Becerra stating that Head Start needs a final rule before the school year begins.

A coalition of 85 national organizations highlight the need to ensure the reconciliation includes critical investments for child care.

Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), and colleagues sent a letter urging inclusion of child care in reconciliation.