Public Policy Archives - Early Learning Nation

Colorado Pilot Gives Home Child Care Providers Cash Payments with No Strings Attached

More Providers Stay Open and Manage Income Fluctuations

Bryce Covert·Jun 14, 2023·8 min read

Angelica Lerrga started caring for children in the basement of her sister’s Colorado home in 2009, after her husband had...

A little boy and girl play with toy hammers and nails

Children First: What a “Values-Based Budget” Looks Like

Mark Swartz·Sep 13, 2019·3 min read

What would happen if we prioritized children’s potential? That’s the question implicitly asked and explicitly answered in the recent paper...

The Hunt Institute Releases Comprehensive Resource of State Directives for Child Care in Response to COVID-19

Leigh Giangreco·Apr 6, 2020·5 min read

Monitoring the patchwork of responses to COVID-19 across 50 states can be overwhelming. For example, in Washington state, a slowdown...

Alabama First Class Pre-K: Setting the Standard Nationally for 14 Years – and Counting

K.C. Compton·Dec 7, 2020·8 min read

When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K turned on a dime to...

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$10 Million Initiative to Transform NYC into an Early Learning Metropolis Supports Children’s First Teachers, Bolsters Nonprofits

David Hernandez·Aug 31, 2021·3 min read

The earliest years in a child’s life create the foundation for lifelong development. Anyone who’s traded smiles with a baby...

Ahead of the Game: How the American Rescue Plan Act Rescued One Maryland Family Care Program, and What Comes Next

Mark Swartz·Feb 27, 2024·4 min read

Having eyes in the back of your head isn’t in the job description, but it sure helps. One twin is...

Tennessee on Track to Become First in Nation to Offer Diaper Benefit to Medicaid Families

Good, Say Medicaid Expansion Advocates, But More Work Is Needed

K.C. Compton·Jun 1, 2023·4 min read

Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable families could soon get relief from the high cost of diapers, as the state works...

Advocates for More Child Care Spending Push “Crisis” Report: White House and 2020 Presidential Candidates Weigh In

Tom Kertscher·May 30, 2019·4 min read

From the White House to statehouses, there are indications that government leaders are poised to spend more on child care....

Little Peepers Forest Preschool: Learning the World Just Outside the Doorway

K.C. Compton·Dec 3, 2019·7 min read

Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...

Five Questions with Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

The Editors·May 26, 2020·4 min read

There’s an African proverb that’s now universally popular, and it says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Governor Pritzker and I realize that the child care industry is part of the essential foundation that helps our children develop intellectually and emotionally. The industry allows working parents to focus on being productive on their jobs.