2014
10th Anniversary
2014
Opened state offices in Iowa, Illinois, South Carolina and Washington
2014
Invested $1.2 million in 10 federal, state and local elections
2015
Growing our footprint
- Opened state office in New Hampshire
- Launched our Student Ambassador Program to engage high school and college students as changemakers for children
2015
Supported the successful Best Starts for Kids ballot initiative in Washington
2015
Campaigned to elect candidates running for Manchester, NH school board
2016
High 5 for Kids campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Party Convention
We took the High 5 for Kids campaign to the Republican and Democratic National Party Conventions to raise the visibility of our issues. Leading up to the conventions volunteers attended more than 50 presidential candidate events, securing videos of top-tier candidates answering questions about our issues.
2016
Launched our gubernatorial strategy in New Hampshire to drive our early learning agenda forward
2017
Expanding our base
- Opened state offices in Tennessee and Colorado.
- Launched our Volunteer Leader Program to provide leadership opportunities for our advocates to engage with SCAN in their communities
2017
Improving policies for children
- Successfully lobbied for full-day kindergarten in New Hampshire
- Protected the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) from elimination
2017
Endorsed and worked to elect members of the Concord, NH school board
2018
Campaigned at the state and federal levels for early education reforms, achieving:
- Helped secure 50 Senate and more than 200 House bipartisan cosponsors of the Reach Every Mother and Child Act
- Passage of Expand Child Care Expenses Income Tax Credit bill in Colorado and Proposition 1 in Seattle, investing in children from cradle to career
2018
Endorsed gubernatorial candidates in three states:
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Phil Scott (R-VT), and Gina Raimondo (D-RI). All three candidates won their elections
2019
$1 billion increase in federal investments and $236 million in state investments
Secured $1 billion increase in federal investments and $236 million in state investments for early childhood education across the country, including full-day kindergarten in Colorado
2020
Campaigned for and passed Colorado Proposition EE to establish universal, statewide pre-K
2020
High 5 for Kids Campaign Success
Ran a successful High 5 for Kids campaign that secured commitments from 10 top-tier presidential candidates to prioritize early childhood education during their first 100 days in office
2021
Expanding our base in the south and in rural America
- Expanded our Family Engagement Program to new rural communities
- Opened state offices in Kentucky and Virginia
2021
400,000 messages to Congress
Sent over 400,000 messages to members of Congress and held dozens of meetings to help pass $24 billion in vital child care pandemic relief
2022
1.2 million voters across 5 states
Reached 1.2 million voters across 5 states to help elect a bipartisan slate of 3 governors (Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, Jaren Polis, D-CO, and Brad Little, R-ID) and 7 state lawmakers in IA and NH. We also Passed historic ballot measures in Colorado (Proposition FF) to create a universal school meals program and New Mexico (Constitutional Amendment 1) to create a permanent source of funding for early learning in the state
2022
$800M in investments
Secured nearly $800M in investments to expand early learning programs and ensure more children have enough to eat across 10 state legislatures, including successfully lobbied for full-day kindergarten in Kentucky and expanded full-day kindergarten in Idaho
2023
Winning for kids at the ballot box
- Helped elect a bipartisan slate of 8 candidates in Virginia and Louisiana and Elevated early childhood education and child hunger in the Kentucky gubernatorial race reaching more than 800,000 infrequent voters through ads and volunteer-powered voter turnout
- Mobilized to pass Proposition II in Colorado to fund universal preschool
2023
Over $900 million in investments across 8 states
Secured over $900 million in investments across 8 states to expand early learning programs and prevent child hunger, including the Child Care for New Hampshire Working Families Act securing a historic $60.5 million for child care
Victoria Zegler
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Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) was created in 2014 as the political advocacy arm of Save the Children, to be the political voice for kids. We work to ensure that the issues critical to children’s lives and futures are given top priority by our elected leaders, building bipartisan support to make sure every child has a strong start in life.