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How Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade

Statewide apprenticeship program with generous child care subsidies also trains and recruits workers

Rebecca Gale·January 30, 2023·4 min read

There has been a construction boom in Oregon. Demand in the trade continues to rise yet 90 percent of construction...

ELSI: Oregon’s Higher Education Partner for Early Education

Mark Swartz·January 24, 2023·4 min read

Oregon is aiming to improve child care across the state—expanding access, boosting quality and building more sustainability into the system....

5 Top Takeaways: Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success Explore Big Wins for Little Kids 2022

Mark Swartz·December 22, 2022·4 min read

2022 produced an impressive number of big wins, which the Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success explored December 5 in this year’s edition of the Big Wins for Little Kids webinar.

Voices and Visions for Transformative Change from Child Care NEXT

Mark Swartz·August 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...

Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences

Part 2 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·June 30, 2022·8 min read

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

5 Top Takeaways from Multnomah County’s Preschool Victory Research Report Release Event

Mark Swartz·September 7, 2021·3 min read

Last November, voters in Multnomah County, Ore., approved a measure to form a new universal preschool system. To pay for it, the county, which includes the city of Oregon, will collect a 1.5% tax on incomes of more than $125,000 per year and joint filings topping $250,000.

5 Top Takeaways from the Roundtable Discussion: Rural America’s Child Care Challenge

Mark Swartz·December 21, 2020·3 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...

Five Questions for the Governor: Oregon’s Kate Brown

The Editors·December 1, 2020·5 min read

Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the state level? Check out “5 Questions for...

An Electoral “Children’s Wave”

Q&A with Children's Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines

Elliot Haspel·November 17, 2020·6 min read

On November 3rd, seven early childhood ballot initiatives went before voters in cities and counties around the nation. All seven...

“Like a Dream Become Reality”: Multnomah’s Preschool For All Effort Showcases Parent Power

Elliot Haspel·November 9, 2020·5 min read

In this two-part series, Elliot Haspel explores how one Oregon region mobilized to generate an innovative, next-generation plan for universal...