Back on our feet: Rebuilding Kansas in 2018
June 22, 2018
At Kansas Action for Children (KAC), we look back at the 2018 legislative session with gratitude and pride.
The Alliance for Early Success is a 50-state resource for early-childhood advocates as they pursue the big, sustained impact that will ensure every child in every state, birth through age eight, has an equal chance to grow, learn, and succeed.
At Kansas Action for Children (KAC), we look back at the 2018 legislative session with gratitude and pride.
Oregon advocates have a clear message for state policymakers: early childhood programs are critical to keeping children healthy, safe, and ready to learn.
This spring, state lawmakers approved an $18.5 million expansion of Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program.
By any reckoning, we live in an extraordinary political moment, and the impact of these tumultuous times on young children in Maryland and nationwide remains to be seen.
At the dawn of the single largest funding increase in the history of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), here are five ways states can spend the funds to further the dual purposes of child care as both a work support and a child development support.
Governor Tom Wolf set the tone in his budget request by increasing state investments in early learning, and legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to prioritize Pennsylvania’s children in the 2017-18 state budget.
On August 14, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law HB2663, legislation aimed at ending the practice of expelling infants, toddlers, and preschoolers from their early childhood programs.
Recently passed state budgets include some wins for infants, toddlers, and their families. We applaud policymakers and advocates across the country and encourage everyone to continue to Think Babies™.
Due to budget uncertainties at the state and federal level, states are exploring opportunities to maximize investments through a variety of sources in order to maintain and expand evidence-based home visiting programs.
Dust off your telescopes because the stars are aligning. No, I’m not talking about the solar eclipse.