Stinson Liles, Author at Alliance for Early Success

Alliance for Early Success Early Childhood State Policy Advocacy

New Alliance 50-State Report Shows Progress and Power Building at State Level in 2024

January 27, 2025

Each year, the Alliance for Early Success surveys early childhood policy advocates representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia to create its annual 50-State Early Childhood Policy Progress and Landscape Report. The 2024 report, released in January, shows that support for state early childhood policies and funding continued to be strong, with policymakers from every region and political landscape acting to improve their early childhood policies.

Nebraska Advocates Use Innovative Financing and Engagement to Expand Home Visiting

January 9, 2025

After working with Alliance Responsive Support providers at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, advocates uncovered a new funding stream for home visiting, which ultimately nearly doubled the state’s available home visiting funds.

Maryland Pilot Program to Expand Family Child Care Showing Results

December 18, 2024

A pilot program in Maryland aimed at reversing the family child care decline, Growing Opportunities for Family Child Care (GOFCC), has seen promising results so far. As of November 2024, the program has facilitated the opening of more than 100 programs across the state and has increased the number of family child care slots available to children by more than 1200.

Advocates in Wyoming Tap Shared Values to Win New Funding for Developmental Preschools

November 27, 2024

Child care advocates in Wyoming are celebrating a major legislative victory. After years of setbacks, the state secured the most funding for developmental preschools in over a decade. The passage of SF 19 marks a significant shift. The Wyoming Women’s Foundation, who advocated for the bill’s passage, credits a new messaging approach and strategy to its success.

Alliance Grantees from Conservative-Led States Focus on the Future at Salt Lake City Convening

November 20, 2024

Alliance state allies from conservative-led states gathered in Salt Lake City last month to think together about how the recent national and state elections will impact their advocacy in the short term and to do some longer-term future forecasting and narrative change work.

Advocates and Funders Gather in the Northeast to Build Bridges

November 6, 2024

The New England Regional Early Childhood Advocate Convening brought together advocates and funders to facilitate cross-state learning, align advocacy and policy goals, and build relationships. Topics included coalition building, family economic security policy, healthy families policy, and case studies of early childhood advocacy by New England states.