Child Welfare Archives - Alliance for Early Success

Georgia Advocates Use Alliance Responsive Support to Advance Child Welfare Innovation

September 16, 2024

When a baby or toddler is removed from their family due to alleged maltreatment or neglect, children are often placed in a child welfare system that has not developed policies and practices with the needs of infants and toddlers in mind. In Georgia, early childhood advocates have worked with Alliance responsive support providers to win a solution for this problem—the implementation of an evidence-based court team approach.

Virginia Advocates’ Policy Wins Bring New Support for Children and Kinship Caregivers

April 19, 2024

For more than five years, advocates in Virginia have been advancing policies to strengthen kinship caregiving in the state and—in the past several years—have had significant success in seeing strong policies implemented. These advances support kinship caregivers and, most important, strengthen care for youth in the foster system.

Minnesota Early Childhood Policy Advocacy

Minnesota “Coalition of Coalitions” Turns Years of Work into a String of Big Wins for Children and Families

October 31, 2023

From a new nation-leading child tax credit that will cut child poverty by a third, to $1.3 billion for expansion of mixed-delivery child care, to continuous medicaid coverage for children to age 6, to a long list of other wins for young children and their families, there were almost too many advancements to count in the 2023 legislative session. The secret to all these wins? A long-standing “of coalition of coalitions” in the state the centers communication, equity, cooperation, and authentic power sharing.

Alliance for Early Success Early Childhood State Policy Advocacy

New Alliance Community of Practice Supports Advocacy on Child Welfare Policy and Young Children

April 25, 2023

The Alliance for Early Success recently formed a new community of practice with a dual focus on early childhood and child welfare issues. Purposeful attention on these cross-cutting issues is important given that young children are most vulnerable for child maltreatment, particularly children under 3, and enter foster care at higher rates than older children.

Alliance Webinar on Indigenous Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act

April 19, 2023

WEBINAR Native American and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) advocates provide a closer look at the importance of this legislation and how states can act to preserve its protections.

Alliance Allies Share Stories, Strategies, and Successes at CONNECT22

November 17, 2022

After a three-year break, the Alliance for Early Success hosted CONNECT22—a three-day event that brings together state advocates, national early

Family Economic Security: Allies Huddle to Trade “Whole Family” Advocacy Strategies

March 3, 2022

State advocates joined with some national organizations to discuss policy opportunities and strategies for engaging on family economic security issues impacting our youngest children and their families. The huddle highlighted early childhood state allies from Arkansas and New Mexico who are leaning into promoting policies that advance equity and family economic security.

Vermont Allies Make Strides Towards Economic Justice and Equity

November 8, 2021

Voices for Vermont’s Children built momentum for economic justice through their advocacy approach paired with consistent messaging. These allies work in partnership with coalitions and use outcome impact data to ensure that Reach Up will meet families’ basic needs for the well-being of Vermont children.

What If We Made Well-Being Our Bottom Line?

February 9, 2021

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.