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Now it\u2019s time to turn that support into meaningful policies that lower costs and give every Arizona child a strong start.\u201d\u00a0<br><br>With new leadership at the Arizona State Legislature, Stand for Children Arizona is hopeful about the opportunity to make meaningful progress for young children and families. <br><br>We look forward to seeing newly elected leaders work across the aisle and collaborate on solutions that put Arizona\u2019s kids and families first.\u00a0Early childhood champions will now make up 22 of 30 seats in the Arizona Senate and 44 of 60 seats in the Arizona House, meaning they received an A or B on Stand for Children Arizona\u2019s Early Childhood Scorecard.<strong> <\/strong>Stand for Children Arizona looks forward to working with newly elected leaders to make early childhood a priority at the State Capitol and to deliver real solutions for families.<br><br>\u201cLet\u2019s get to work,\u201d Gau continued. \u201cArizona families deserve quality, affordable child care, and they shouldn\u2019t have to wait any longer.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 6, 2026\u00a0 Stand for Children Arizona is Celebrating the Election of Early Childhood ChampionsPHOENIX, AZ \u2013 Stand for Children Arizona is celebrating the election of early childhood champions across the state who are committed to making Arizona a better place to raise a family.\u00a0Over the summer, Stand for Children Arizona launched the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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