The Alliance for Early Success (The Alliance) announced today it has added two early-childhood policy professionals to its team. Mandy Ableidinger will join the organization as Senior Policy Director, and Daniela Villasmil will take on the newly created position of Policy Associate.
A Statement on the Passage of the Historic American Rescue Plan In this statement on the passage of the historic American Rescue Plan, the Alliance for Early Success recognizes the boldness of the investment and encourages policymakers to be bolder still in their investment in young children and their families.
WEBINAR RAPID-EC has been surveying a national representative sample of families with young children since April 2020. In this webinar, we hear the story about children and families that’s emerging from the data and ideas about what policy responses are needed to respond to the toll the pandemic is taking on these families.
The new Early Childhood Workforce Index from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment puts more hard data behind the growing awareness that the U.S. child care system is collapsing under the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, with early childhood educators especially hard hit.
WEBINAR Experts from Child Trends offer a critical look at data and racial equity in early childhood policy, as well as a dive into how to incorporate racial equity principles into early childhood policy advocacy work.
An Open Letter to Policymakers on the Start of Your 2020 Session In this open letter to policymakers, Alliance Executive Director Helene Stebbins calls on policymakers align our nation’s values with our most important metrics and enact policies that go beyond economic health and embrace human health and well-being as an essential element of a prosperous nation.
