Child care has traditionally been a politically quiet sector. I don’t mean there hasn’t been resolute advocacy, but that has largely (though certainly not entirely) happened behind the scenes -- at least in the U.S. there isn’t a long history of major public actions such as protests and strikes.
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5 Top Takeaways from the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center’s Summit
New State Policy Roadmap Published
Last month, the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center (PN-3) at Vanderbilt University hosted the 2022 Research to Policy Summit to mark the publication of its annual State Policy Roadmap.
For years, Hartford (CT) has been recognized as a leading city in early childhood learning. As Mayor Luke Bronin describes, the results come from a committed community, dedicated civic resources, including a Department of Families, Children, Youth and Recreation, with a division specifically focused on early child development – and the willingness to accelerate good ideas no matter where they come from. It starts, he says, by “working closely with families.”
This may be one of the saddest facts you read in a while: One in three moms in the U.S....
State Roundup: The Summer of Child Care Innovations
New Mexico, Illinois and Connecticut Provide Cross-Section of States Making Bold Moves
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said that states are the “laboratories of democracy.” It turns out they are the...
Connecticut Becomes First State in Nation for Baby Bonds
Helps Tackle Generational Poverty in Low-Income Families
Connecticut just took an unprecedented step: on June 30 it became the first state in the country to create baby...
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