Resources

YES DEC CAN!

• A bi-weekly e-brief of the DEC Children's Action Network

  • View archived copies of YES DEC CAN!​

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CEC CAN DO

• April 2017: Budget and Appropriations Terms to Know​​

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Contact Your Representatives

• 3 Steps to Build and Maintain Relationships with Elected Officials

• Tweet your Senators

• Tweet your Representatives

• U.S. Congressional Committees

• Visit the Legislative Action Center 

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Great resources developed by the Policy and Advocacy Unit of CEC

• CEC’s Issues Page:  A great place to get information on current legislation, action alerts, additional resources, and/or data specific to various topics such as personnel preparation, early learning, and special education research.

• CEC Issue Brief on High-Quality Early Learning Programs

• Federal Outlook for Exceptional Children:  This important resource is published yearly and provides budgetary recommendations for funding programs for the United States' seven million children with disabilities and/or giftedness

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  • 2015

  • 2014

  • 2013

• CEC’s Public Policy Agenda for the 113th Congress (2013-2015)

• CEC's Legislative Action Center: A service that allows you to send an e-mail directly to your member of Congress, find out the latest legislative happenings, or find members of the media in your local area. DEC encourages our members, parents, and those who work with young children with exceptionalities and their families in the United States to use the Legislative Action Center.  Yours is an important voice in our efforts to support policies and practices that promote positive outcomes for young children and their families

 

Information on the Federal Agencies, Committees, Laws, Register and Budget

• Federal Agencies

• Federal Laws, Legislations, & Spending

• Federal Register Request for Comments for the U.S. Department of Education

• • (Select Comment Periods Opening or Closing from the right-hand navigation)

• Federal Register Request for Comments for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • (Select Comment Periods Opening or Closing from the right-hand navigation)

• Funding Update - June 2017

• Policy Basics: Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)