Child Care Archives - Alliance for Early Success

Nebraska Advocates Turn Child Care Tax Credits into a High-Demand Tool for Families and Providers

April 16, 2026

Nebraska advocates demonstrated how the Alliance for Early Success’s flexible funding and expert support can help state advocates turn a promising idea into measurable progress for young children and the adults who care for them. Advocates recognized that tax credits could be a powerful tool for strengthening the state’s child care system—but only if families, providers, and employers actually used them. First Five Nebraska designed a package of credits paired with a communications and outreach strategy. Their approach also offers a simple playbook for other states.

Serv and Return: Rising Liability Insurance Costs and Licensing Data Concerns

April 2, 2026

Alliance allies often request information from peers in the network through the Listserv. Serv and Return” is an occasional series that spotlights a recent exchange on the Alliance listserv—a widely used channel for the network to provide rapid-response resources and support to one another.
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.

Serv and Return: Network Provides Insights on Policies and Investments Linking Housing and Child Care

April 2, 2026

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.

Wisconsin and Louisiana Advocates Mobilize Dads at State Capitols to Support Child Care Funding and Family Policies

March 9, 2026

Geaux Far Louisiana and Kids Forward organized dads across Louisiana and Wisconsin to rally at their state capitols for kids and families. Father-led advocacy is laying the foundation for future change. Kids Forward is now working with members of the Wisconsin State Assembly to launch a bipartisan Wisconsin Dads Caucus. In Louisiana, a state senate resolution was introduced and passed to establish a state fatherhood task force.

Alliance for Early Success Annual 50-State Policy Report Shows Power Building and Progress—and Headwinds—in 2025

February 19, 2026

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 Webinar on New Mexico’s History-Making Universal Child Care Win

January 14, 2026

An audience of early childhood policy advocates learned about the solutions New Mexico policymakers chose to implement over more than a decade, and the advocacy strategies that influenced them. Guests included Elizabeth Groginsky, Secretary, New Mexico Department of Early Childhood Education and Care; Matthew Henderson, Executive Director, OLÉ Education Fund; and Jacob Vigil, Chief Legislative Officer, New Mexico Voices for Children.

In a Year of Economic Uncertainty, Differing State Approaches to Spending on Young Children

January 12, 2026

Several states including Maryland, Arkansas, and Indiana have opted to reduce funding for early learning programs, while others, such as New York, Texas, and Illinois, managed to strengthen their programs despite fiscal headwinds.

Serv and Return: Network Shares Cost of Child Care v. Cost of College Framing

December 19, 2025

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.

In Vermont, A Decade-Old Campaign Winds Down and Reflects on Progress

December 12, 2025

In 2015, Let’s Grow Kids, a statewide advocacy organization, was launched in Vermont with a clear goal: secure affordable access to high-quality child care for the state’s families by 2025. Let’s Grow Kids has now officially ended its operations, and that is by design. The organization was designed from the start to be a time-limited, ten-year endeavor to reach the unprecedented outcome it achieved in Act 76, which passed in 2023.

Serv and Return: Network Shares State CCDF Reimbursement Rates

December 2, 2025

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.