Daniela Villasmil, Author at Alliance for Early Success

Alliance for Early Success Early Childhood State Policy Advocacy

Alliance Grantees Huddle to Discuss the Rising Cost of Liability Insurance

October 9, 2024

State allies in the Alliance for Early Success network recently gathered to discuss the challenges the family child care workforce is facing. The group focused on two growing challenges: the rising cost of liability insurance and the availability of coverage. Allies were joined by NAEYC who shared findings based on recent surveys conducted with child care providers.

Serv and Return: Network Shares Examples of Voter Education and Advocacy Guides

September 28, 2024

After multiple requests from state advocates, the Alliance team put out a request for resources related to the 2024 election cycle and state and national advocates responded to a round-up request to share voter guides, info sheets, candidate questions, etc. with the Alliance network.

Futurism Author Trista Harris Helps State Advocates See and Shape the Future

September 26, 2024

Trista Harris of FutureGood spoke to the Alliance for Early Success state allies as they gathered in Washington, DC. She challenged the group to apply futurism tools to early childhood advocacy, enabling them to engage both each other and policymakers in bold solutions.

Serv and Return:
Child Care Business Plans

July 13, 2023

A recent exchange on the Alliance listserv turned up several examples and resources about child care business plans.

Vermont Passes Historic Child Care Legislation That Includes New, Long-Term Funding

June 30, 2023

The Vermont state legislature made an historic investment in the state’s child care system of more than $76 million in new funding in state fiscal year 2024 and nearly $125 million in state fiscal year 2025. Despite facing political challenges and uncertainty, Act 76 found a path forward through a veto override with multi-partisan support.

State Advocates Advance Policies to Advance the Early Care and Education Workforce

February 23, 2023

Advocates in several states fought for and won policy changes that demonstrate the bold and inspirational thinking that can advance a state more toward a more diverse, effective, prepared, and well-compensated early childhood workforce.

New Hampshire Develops a Field Grant Program to Benefit Community Partners and Support Advocacy Efforts

February 20, 2023

New Futures learned that many coalition partners did not engage in advocacy because many of their funding sources prohibited advocacy or gave unclear guidance on allowed activities. To overcome this barrier, New Futures developed their Advocacy Field Grant program with support from their Alliance for Early Success grant.

Alaska Launches Competitive Grant Program to Expand and Improve Existing Pre-K Programs

January 9, 2023

Alaska leaned in to state-funded preschool this year, with Governor Mike Dunleavy signing into law the Alaska Reads Act in June. The new law includes a small competitive grant program to develop pre-K programs in districts where none exist, or to expand and improve existing pre-K programs.

Louisiana Allies Demystify Social Emotional Learning to Fend Off Unfounded Challenges to Standards

December 12, 2022

Alliance allies at the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children (LPIC) mounted a successful campaign to protect social-emotional learning (SEL) standards in early education and K-12 schools after the Louisiana’s state school board proposed to remove them from the state’s early learning development standards.