Stinson Liles, Author at Alliance for Early Success

Black Maternal Health Week Webinar with Michigan Advocates: Community Voices in Maternal Health Policy

April 24, 2025

In honor of Black Maternal Health Week 2025 (#BMHW25), the Alliance for Early Success and the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH) co-hosted a webinar on engaging community voice and partnerships to enhance maternal health. Watch the recording to learn how community-informed research and policymaking is supporting support Black maternal health in Michigan.

Watch the Alliance and Elephant Circle Webinar on Advancing Midwife Policy

April 23, 2025

The US has the worst perinatal outcomes of any developed nation in the world. In countries where outcomes are better,

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Numerous States Are Pursuing Strategies for Creating Streamlined, Cohesive ECE Systems

April 23, 2025

In recent years, a growing number of states have moved towards unified ECE governance to help administer the variety of programs states are responsible for, including child care subsidies, child care licensing, state-funded pre-K, IDEA Part B and Part C, child care quality improvement systems, and Head Start state collaboration offices. While these states pursue consolidation to add efficiency, others pursue are trying alternate strategies to reach the same goals.

BEE Collective Is Healing Communities and Building Power in South Carolina

April 16, 2025

As part of our celebration of this year’s Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), the Alliance is spotlighting a few of the maternal health organizations that you may not have heard about. The Beloved Early Education and Care Collective (BEE Collective) works in the southern part of South Carolina, outside of Charleston, and is focused on building on the assets of the pregnant people, children, and caregivers who are furthest from opportunity — work that creates the kind of deep community that heals itself and builds increasing power.

Meet I Be Black Girl, Nebraska’s First and Only Reproductive Justice Organization

April 14, 2025

As part of our celebration of this year’s Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), the Alliance is spotlighting I Be Black Girl, a maternal health organization that focuses on policy and power building, Black-led investments, birth justice, and economic justice.

In Michigan, Early Childhood Champions Across the Aisle Are Advancing Cash Assistance for Families

April 4, 2025

Rx Kids, the nation’s first citywide cash assistance program for families, started in Flint and is spreading across Michigan. Proponents across the political spectrum agree the program gives parents choices, builds trust, reduces stigma, and eliminates administrative barriers.

Broad Coalition in Maine Puts Early Care and Education on the Agenda—and in the Budget

March 28, 2025

Maine’s Right from the Start Coalition—a diverse, bipartisan group of organizations working for high-quality and accessible early care and education—helped pass a multi-faceted child care bill and helped defeat proposed budget cuts.

Alliance Webinar with CSCCE on Using 2024 Research Data to Drive Policy Change for the Early Care and Education Workforce

March 13, 2025

The Alliance and the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment discuss CSCCE’s 2024 child care workforce index and how the index’s messages and findings can be used to drive policy change that centers the experiences of early educators in all 50 states.

Four States Showcase the Power and Impact of Engaging Families and Valuing Their Stories

March 1, 2025

Statewide engagement is vital to building a strong early childhood infrastructure that is responsive to families’ diverse needs and where educators are recognized and supported. Advocates who want to see what this looks like in practice need look no further than North Carolina, Florida, Missouri, and Louisiana—where coalitions and organizations are transforming new statewide learning and relationships into tangible plans.

Stinson Liles