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Alliance-Funded 50-State Policy Survey Gives Early Childhood Advocates a Comprehensive Look at ECE Expulsion Policy

October 31, 2021

A new brief from the BUILD Initiative and the National Center for Children in Poverty compiles policy approaches, barriers, and recommendations for states looking to policies that reduce or eliminate expulsion and suspension from early care and education (ECE) settings. The report was prepared in response to the growing recognition among policymakers that young children are harmed by exclusionary practices, and that new policies and supports for programs can prevent these practices so all children can benefit from quality early care and education.

In Divisive Texas Policy Climate, Advocates Build Consensus on Early Childhood Legislation

September 22, 2021

In spite of a highly charged and combative state legislative session that made national headlines, allies in Texas, Children at Risk and Texans Care for Children, worked to make sure support for early childhood issues maintained bipartisan support — and their efforts paid off with one of the more productive legislative sessions for children and families.

State Advocates Release Principles for Investments in a Stronger and More Equitable Birth-to-Five Early Childhood System

September 20, 2021

Early childhood advocates from across the country — representing a diversity of states — have come together to recommend nine consensus principles for investing in early care and education. These principles were developed to guide leaders at every level as they determine whether and how to invest new funding in the child care system.

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Treating Child Care Like Early Learning Means Funding Child Care Like Early Learning

July 23, 2021

EDITORIAL The president’s American Families Plan, as currently proposed, includes an unprecedented level of federal investment for early care and education (ECE). To many in our field, this is the moment for building a cohesive birth-to-five ECE system and doing away with the distinction between “child care” and “pre-k.” Alliance for Early Success Senior Policy Director Albert Wat explains how blending the two systems together seamlessly will require fundamental changed in the way we think about funding child care.

Allies in Connecticut Get Creative to Expand Access to Early Care and Education

June 1, 2021

When COVID-19 diverted attention away from legislative efforts to expand Connecticut’s child care subsidy, advocates adjusted their efforts and expanded services through non-legislative means. They worked to change the homelessness screening process to help families enroll in Head Start and secured CARES Act funding to provide child care to parents attending a job training program.

Maryland Allies Celebrate Passage of Landmark “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future”

May 19, 2021

Maryland allies have been working relentlessly in support of the early childhood agenda contained in the massive “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future” bill and were elated when the legislation passed – with an override of the governor’s veto – in the 2021 session.

Allies Get Guidance on Using Data and Racial Equity in Early Childhood Policy Advocacy

February 17, 2021

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.

After Two Years of Work in Missouri, Allies Win Executive Order to Merge State Offices Serving Youngest Children

January 29, 2021

Missouri’s governor has announced the formation of the Office of Childhood, and advocates around the state celebrated the move as a monumental step towards creating a comprehensive vision and program alignment of Missouri’s early childhood system.

Delaware Early Childhood Advocates Turn Planning and Persistent Advocacy into Governance Consolidation Wins

January 26, 2021

Years of work by early childhood advocates in Delaware continue to pay off in important structural changes in the way state agencies serve young children — including the recent creation of a new associate secretary position to oversee the Office of Early Learning.

Albert Wat Named to NASEM Committee to Study Opportunity Gaps for Young Children

January 25, 2021

Alliance Senior Policy Director Albert Wat has been selected as one of 13 experts named to a committee convened by the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, to study “the causes and consequences of the opportunity gap for young children from birth to age eight.”

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