Alliance allies were joined by the Children’s Funding Project for an important conversation about funding streams and discussed ways to advocate for both a bigger slice—and a bigger pie.
As we turn our focus from emergency child care to building a strong early care system for the future, it is important to frame child care as a fundamental necessity that requires significant and smart investment. The pandemic has opened our eyes to the fact that our child care infrastructure
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.
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.
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.
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.
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