Family Supports Archives - Alliance for Early Success

North Carolina Allies Center Lived Experience and Racial Equity to Strengthen the Early Childhood Social-Emotional Health System

May 19, 2022

Advocates at NC Child partnered with the NC Early Childhood Foundation to launch the EarlyWell Initiative in 2019 to lead the implementation of recommendations from the Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Action Framework. The EarlyWell initiative is informed by the voices of parents and caregivers to ensure that system best reflects the needs and lived experiences of North Carolina communities.

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.

The Benefits of Cash During Baby’s First Years: A Look at New National Research and New State Policy

February 16, 2022

WEBINAR The Alliance for Early Success and its allies hear about the latest research– and state policies — on cash payments for families with children.

Allies Convene to Share Tips and Best Practices for Centering Parent Voices

November 15, 2021

Elevating parent voices is a powerful form of advocacy. As allies have knowledge of the policy process, parents have lived experiences and insight on what is wrong and can be improved. Allies gathered to learn from peers how states are working to include parents in their policy development and advocacy strategy.

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.

Alliance Rapid Response Informs West Virginia Strategy to Defeat Repeal of State’s Personal Income Tax

August 23, 2021

Alliance allies in West Virginia helped organize a broad coalition to defeat the repeal of the state’s income tax. TEAM for West Virginia Children utilized Alliance for Early Success Rapid Response to support advocacy and coalition-building efforts.

Vermont Allies Prevent Passage of Inequitable Paid Family Leave Bill, Fight for Improved Legislation

April 7, 2021

Allies at Voices for Vermont’s Children have been fighting for universal paid family and medical leave for years. Their fight continues as they successfully fought against an inequitable family leave bill in 2020 and are advocating for an improved plan in 2021.

How Are Our Children? Updates and Policy Implications from the RAPID-EC Surveys

March 17, 2021

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.

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.

Dr. Ibram Kendi Tells Early Childhood Advocates It’s All About Outcomes

November 18, 2020

“Racial inequity is a problem of bad policy, not bad people,” says best-selling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. On the heels of the election, we’ll hear about racist and antiracist policy, and will get answers to questions posed by state early childhood advocates about state policy.

Tag: Family Supports