Candidate Questionnaire

GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students is a research and advocacy organization leading a movement toward a Georgia in which all children, ages zero to five, have access to high –quality, affordable early education, resources for healthy development, and other supports that help families thrive at work and home.

As a non-profit based in Atlanta, GEEARS also acts as the backbone of PAACT: Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive. PAACT is a collective impact initiative that has helped raise more than $20 million to strengthen the city’s early childhood landscape as part of the Mayor’s PAACT Commitment.

We understand that elected officials have the ability to make a positive impact on the lives of Atlanta’s youngest children and their families, so we’re eager to learn about your stances on critical early childhood issues. We will share your responses with our networks and publish them on our website.

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Please select the office for which you are running: *

• Atlanta City Council
• Atlanta City Council President
• Atlanta Mayor

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Please answer the following question (250-word limit): How would you work with Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton and DeKalb Counties, community partners, and state leaders to ensure a coordinated strategy for supporting young children and their families? *

Please answer the following question (250-word limit): How do you see investments in young children and their families fitting into Atlanta’s long-term economic development and workforce strategy? What strategies would you use to fund and sustain initiatives that support the City’s young children and families? *

Please answer the following question (250-word limit): Atlanta’s young children need access to high-quality education, health care, housing, and spaces for their families to work and play. How does Atlanta already support young children and families? What could be done better? *

By submitting this questionnaire, you acknowledge and agree that your responses may be published in full or in part on GEEARS' website and related platforms. Your answers will be presented as part of our public information initiative to help voters understand candidate positions. By participating, you grant GEEARS the right to reproduce, distribute, and publicly display your responses without further approval or compensation. *

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