Author: Amy Miranti

  • Liftoff 2024 Summer Learning Series

    Liftoff is thrilled to announce this year’s Summer Learning Series, “NYS Early Childhood Alliances: Uniting for Impact through Collaboration and Connection.” 

    Join us for three dynamic virtual events featuring inspiring presentations from key leaders of early childhood alliances across New York State: The Adirondack Birth to Three Coalition in June, The Early Childhood Alliance of Onondaga in July, and the Allegany County Early Childhood Development Coalition in August. Each session will be followed by an engaging Q&A, facilitated by Liftoff’s Director, Rachel Bonsignore. Reserve your spot now to ensure you don’t miss out on this exciting and informative series!

    Reserve your spot now to ensure you don’t miss out on this exciting and informative series!

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  • Liftoff 2024 Annual Meeting Keynote featuring Caitlin Cordella Low moderated by Rachel Bonsignore

    Please find Liftoff’s Annual Meeting Keynote featuring Caitlin Cordella Low, Vice President of Policy and Programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This conversation covered the importance of affordable and accessible child care and the economic implications.

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  • Liftoff’s Network News Spring 2024

    Please find Liftoff’s Spring 2024 Newsletter. In this edition we highlight our recent Annual Meeting Keynote Interview featuring Caitlin Cordella Low, Vice President of Policy and Programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This session emphasized the importance of affordable and accessible child care as this is not just a social issue, but an economic one as well. Additionally we celebrate our colleagues from Live Well Erie for their work during the Week of the Young Child and share advocacy updates from the past few months.

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  • Liftoff’s Network News February 2024

    Please find Liftoff WNY’s Network News for February 2024. This month we discussed the Kids Can’t Wait and Empire State Child Care Campaign Advocacy Days in Albany. We also share some exciting news from some of our partners, and we congratulate our Steering Committee member Blythe Merrill on her retirement.

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  • A Year in Review 2023

    Liftoff WNY presents “A Year in Review 2023”. Be sure to star updated with us on our social media to learn about what is coming in 2024!

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  • Kids Can’t Wait Advocacy Day: February 13th, 2024

    Join Liftoff WNY in Albany for the Kids Can’t Wait Advocacy Day trip on February 13th. This is a great opportunity to speak directly to legislators and demand funding in the 2024 New York State budget. We will provide training and materials on the bus as we travel to Albany so you can confidently advocate for Early Intervention with legislators. 

    Our bus leaves Buffalo at 5:30 AM and return at about 7 PM on the same day. The trip is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided! There will be an additional stop in LeRoy, NY on the way to Albany.

    Interested in joining us?

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  • Liftoff’s Network News October 2023

    Please find Liftoff WNY’s Network News for October 2023. This month we discussed our Early Childhood Partnership event, ComNet 23 & the New York Funders Alliance Conference as well as our exciting new section, “Profiles in Good”.

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