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Part 1 of a 5-Part Series Explores Innovations in Child Care

Rebecca Gale·Jun 15, 2022·7 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

What Will It Do?

Tom Kertscher·Jul 8, 2019·3 min read

A universal child care plan rolled out by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the roughly two dozen...

Q and A with a New Mexico Child Care Policy Expert

Rebecca Gale·Nov 7, 2022·8 min read

New Mexico made national headlines in the spring of 2022 when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham waived child care subsidy copays...

Mark Swartz·Aug 16, 2022·9 min read

Child Care NEXT, a new initiative of the Alliance for Early Success, supports diverse coalitions in states “ready to mount...

Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Connects Renowned Artists with Students for Art and Entrepreneurship

Suzette Brewer·Aug 14, 2024·5 min read

On a recent Friday afternoon, student artists at the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project (ZYEP) were busy getting ready for an...

Mark Swartz·Dec 21, 2021·4 min read

Erin Kirkley, 25, of San Antonio, Tex., discovered the Ella Austin Community Center last year when she brought her baby...

New Mexico, Illinois and Connecticut Provide Cross-Section of States Making Bold Moves

Elliot Haspel·Jul 16, 2021·4 min read

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said that states are the “laboratories of democracy.” It turns out they are the...

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

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