
Serv and Return: Navigating Anti-Vaccine Legislation and the Narrative Battles Behind It
Serv and Return highlights how Alliance allies responded to Ohio anti-vaccine legislation with coalition-building, health messaging, and narrative strategy.
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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.

Serv and Return highlights how Alliance allies responded to Ohio anti-vaccine legislation with coalition-building, health messaging, and narrative strategy.

Allies responded to a listserv request from an advocate in Illinois about rising liability insurance costs and licensing data concerns. This question prompted many responses and perspectives, showcasing the unique expertise within the Alliance Network.

Alliance allies often request information from peers in the network through the Listserv. Recently, our advocates in Maine recently asked their peers for state examples where “there has been policy or investment initiatives made that bring together housing and child care.” This question prompted many responses and perspectives, showcasing the unique expertise within the Alliance Network.

The Alliance for Early Success has released it’s annual report on state early childhood policy progress, and it shows—while headwinds are increasing—early childhood advocates are working together and adding capacity to get hard-fought wins for young children and their families.
Alliance allies often request information from peers in the network through the Listserv. Recently, our allies in Texas requested communications and narrative examples comparing the cost of college to the cost of child care. This question prompted many responses and perspectives, showcasing the unique expertise within the Alliance Network.
Alliance allies often request information from peers in the network using the Listserv. Recently, our allies in a southern state requested updated summaries of child care reimbursement rates at the state level, so that they can compare other states’ rates to theirs, should their state implement proposed rate changes.

The Alliance for Early Success (the Alliance) announced has that Shannon Jones has joined the early childhood organization’s Board of Directors. In addition to her staff experience in the U.S. House and Senate, Jones has spent more than 20 years shaping state policy to better serve communities and families.

The Alliance and the National Indian Health Board offer an overview of the Indian health system, with a focus on how federal Indian law, tribal sovereignty, and the government’s trust responsibility shape access to care for Native mothers, infants, and young children.

The Alliance for Early Success announced today that it has named Daniela Villasmil to a newly created role: Manager of Responsive Support and Network Engagement. The new position reflects the Alliance’s expanding commitment to highly responsive support for early childhood policy advocates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The Alliance for Early Success announced today that it has named team members Albert Wat and Stinson Liles to newly created Deputy Director roles. The new roles are part of the Alliance’s implementation of a new distributed leadership structure that will allow it to meet the growing and changing demand for the support it provides to state early childhood policy advocates.