{"id":3741,"date":"2022-03-25T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/angel-in-the-nursery-an-interview-with-randi-levine-policy-director-at-advocates-for-children-of-new-york\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T04:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T04:26:17","slug":"angel-in-the-nursery-an-interview-with-randi-levine-policy-director-at-advocates-for-children-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/articles\/angel-in-the-nursery-an-interview-with-randi-levine-policy-director-at-advocates-for-children-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel in the Nursery: An Interview with Randi Levine, Policy Director at Advocates for Children of New York"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3741","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","topic_tax-early-childhood"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"off","page":null,"file":null,"title":""},"image":null,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p>03.24.2022 | New York Zero-to-Three Network | \"After law school, I came to Advocates for Children and represented individual families whose children were facing barriers to accessing the early childhood services and programs they needed \u2013 children being excluded from early childhood programs because of their needs and children being denied services. 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