Campaign to feature investment in all 30 legislative districts leading up to Election Day
Today, Stand for Children Arizona launched Growing Arizona, a new multi-platform campaign to define early childhood as the most important issue on the ballot this November.
The Growing Arizona campaign comes at a time when polling conducted by Tulchin Research found that 56% of Arizonans support expanding the Child Tax Credit to $350 and 61% support investing at least $45 million in affordable childcare. Polling by Noble Predictive Insights found that nearly 90% of Arizona parents say high gas prices are impacting their pocketbook.
Analysis by Lending Tree found that the cost to raise a young child in Arizona rose by 14.6%—tied for 9th fastest in the country—between their 2025 and 2026 reports to nearly $28,000 per year. That makes Arizona the 15th most expensive state in the country for raising young kids. Among the most notable expenses is child care where Arizona is the 18th most expensive state. That may explain why the Lending Tree study found more than 40% of parents say the cost of raising a child has impacted the size of their families, including whether to have more kids.
Today, Stand for Children Arizona launched five digital ads across the state informing communities about how the legislature can improve affordability for families. The digital ads can be viewed here.
In addition to digital ads, Stand for Children Arizona released score cards for all 90 members of the legislature grading them on their support of working families and early childhood investments at the legislature. Every member of the Democratic caucus in both chambers received either an A or B, and a majority of Republicans in both chambers earned a B. Full methodology and results are available here.
“We know that Arizona grows when families grow,” said Stand for Children Arizona Executive Director Rebecca Gau. “This campaign is about making sure that when Arizonans go to the ballot box—whether it’s this July in the primary or in November for the general election—that they keep in mind Arizona’s kids and look for candidates who will put them first.”
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