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WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD
APRIL 5-11, 2025
WHEREAS, all of Arizona's children deserve access to quality early care and
education(ECE) environments; and
WHEREAS,, quality child care programs build children's lifelong learning skills
during the critical years from birth to age five. Funding quality
childcare is a smart investment that improves family well-being,
strengthens communities, and grows our state's prosperity; and
WHEREAS, ECE teachers and child care providers are the essential workforce that
helps Arizona parents get to work or school. Public policies that
support ECE for Arizona's youngest learners help our families,
communities, and the economy thrive; and
WHEREAS, First Things First, Arizona Association for the<Education of Young
Children, Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young
Children,and other community organizations, in conjunction with the
National Association for the Education of Young Children, are
celebrating the 54th anniversary of the Week of the Young Child; and
WHEREAS, these organizations are working to improve equitable early childhood
opportunities at> rovide a strong start for children in Apache
Junction.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Walter "Chip" ilson, Mayor of the City of Apache Junction,
Arizona,, do hereby proclaim April 5-11, 2025, as
WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD
Signed and attested to this day of April 2025.
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Mayor
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Evie McKinney
City Clerk