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Illinois Early Childhood Advocates Partner with the Legislative Black Caucus to Help Win Reforms

May 18, 2021

In the fall of 2020 the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus held a series of hearings to develop its agenda, and because of long-standing relationships built on trust and respect, advocates were invited to highlight early childhood issues and to make recommendations to be included in the package. Working together, they helped win a new package of education and health care reforms.

2020 Early Childhood Workforce Index Provides Powerful State-by-State Data on Wage Collapse

February 23, 2021

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.

New Tools for Talking About “Essential Child Care Infrastructure” in Your State

October 1, 2020

As we turn our focus from emergency child care to building a strong early care system for the future, it

New Mexico Opens New Early Childhood Education and Care Department

July 24, 2020

With the inauguration of the state’s new Early Childhood Education and Care Department, New Mexico has become the fourth state in the nation to have a cabinet level department dedicated to early childhood. The creation of the department reflects the Governor’s focus on improving the lives of New Mexico’s youngest children.

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.

Early Childhood Educators in America: Through the Lens of a Pandemic

April 15, 2020

EDITORIAL Alliance for Early Success Senior Policy Director Albert Wat weighs in on the high expectations we have of the Early Care and Learning workforce during this crisis — and how it is misaligned with the low regard we have shown the field in the past.

Wyoming Coalition Comes Together to Offer New Support for Early Childhood Educators

January 29, 2020

The Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative — initiated when the Wyoming Early Childhood Outreach Network (WYECON) and Wyoming Kids First started to explore opportunities to improve the quality of early childhood education in the state — is working full steam to improve the opportunities for Wyoming’s youngest learners by supporting the professional development of their early childhood educators.

Alliance Meeting Elevates the Voice of Early Childhood Educators and Works Toward Policy Advances in 2020

January 19, 2020

In September, the Alliance for Early Success organized a national conference on the early childhood education profession. The meeting was an opportunity for 200+ state leaders, advocates, national experts, and early childhood educators to share promising strategies and lessons learned thus far, and to engage each other on the future.

Children’s Leadership Council of Michigan Coalition Wins Increased Overall Spending on the Child Care Subsidy

July 14, 2018

The Children’s Leadership Council of Michigan continued its advocacy for high-quality, affordable child care and worked with advocates and policymakers to develop and prioritize policy options for investing new CCDBG funds. In the FY2019 budget, lawmakers increased overall spending on the child care subsidy to reflect increased enrollment in the program.

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