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The National Center for Children in Poverty Uses Alliance Support to Develop Crucial State-by-State Early Childhood Policy Profiles

September 26, 2020

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) has released an updated set of Early Childhood State Policy Profiles that provides a two-generation view of current policies affecting children birth through age eight. The profiles give crucial visibility into each state’s progress in early care and education, health, and parenting and family economic supports.

Alliance for Early Success Releases New Policy Roadmap for Transforming Post-Pandemic Child Care

September 16, 2020

A national workgroup of early childhood advocacy organizations convened by the Alliance for Early Success has released the Build Stronger Child Care Policy Roadmap, a comprehensive guide to help child care advocates across the country focus and align their priorities as state governments and federal agencies work to rebuild the nation’s child care system.

A Champion for Gumby Philanthropy: Lisa Klein Leaves a Legacy of Growth and Success Fueled by Vision and Flexibility

August 31, 2020

Lisa Klein, stepping down after more than a decade as Executive Director of the Alliance for Early Success, leaves an indelible mark on the organization — and early childhood policy advocacy.

The Alliance for Early Success and National Allies Brief State Advocates on the State of Federal Child Care Relief

August 17, 2020

In response to a growing concern among state advocates about the state of federal child care relief, the Alliance convened some of the issue’s leading national advocacy organizations for a federal child care update and guidance on what site advocates can do next.

State Allies Gather to Explore FFPSA, Prevention, and Structural Racism in Child Welfare

August 4, 2020

This Alliance for Early Success National Issues>State Action featured dynamic presentations by Allison Blake, CEO of Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families and Jeremy Kohomban, President and CEO of The Children’s Village and President of Harlem Dowling. Both are leading figures in child welfare practice and policy.

Dr. Joia Crear-Perry Speaks to Allies about Structural Racism and Maternal/Child Health

July 27, 2020

In a keynote presentation and then in a smaller discussion group with state early childhood advocates, nationally recognized birth-equity voice Dr. Joia Crear-Perry spoke powerfully on structural racism as a key driver of high rates of Black infant and maternal mortality.

Early Childhood Advocates Can Advance Racial Equity By Making “Good Trouble”

July 22, 2020

EDITORIAL Alliance for Early Success Senior Policy Director Karen Howard reflects on the late Rep. John Lewis and how 1965’s “Bloody Sunday” should inspire us to pursue antiracist policies in early childhood advocacy.

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State Early Childhood Advocates and National Experts Discuss Operationalizing Racial Equity

June 19, 2020

Led by Alliance staff, speakers from the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities, the Education and Civil Rights Alliance, and the National Black Child Development Institute, this call demonstrated how advocates can center equity in early childhood advocacy.

Alliance for Early Success Announces September Leadership Transition

June 15, 2020

After leading the Alliance for Early Success through more than a decade of strategic growth, Executive Director Lisa Klein is stepping down. The organization’s board has announced that Deputy Director Helene Stebbins will step into the role on September 1, 2020.

Open Strong: Workgroup Report on Advocacy and Child Care Reopening

June 7, 2020

Open Strong was developed by state early childhood advocates and the Alliance for Early Success to assist state advocates in raising key issues and questions, to provoke conversations and solutions that are particular to operating child care programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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