History in Wisconsin: Who Was Missing and Why Is This Important?
July 17 2025
3:00 PM EDT
Join us for an engaging and transformative mini-series on the power of collaboration in shaping policies and programs that impact children and families. Parent, educator, community, research, and advocacy leaders across Wisconsin are eager to share their story on supporting systems change in early care and education. Throughout the series, participants will learn about and receive resources on the formation of a parent/caregiver cabinet, use of educator data and stories to improve policies, development and implementation of advocacy tools, and lessons learned throughout the process. Hear directly from those involved in driving sustainable and equity-focused systems change for Wisconsin’s children and families.
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Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-Systems Strategies to Support Young Children at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement
Report March 12, 2026
Between October 2024 and April 2025, the BUILD Initiative hosted a six-part webinar series, offered through BUILD’s Prenatal-to-Three Capacity Building Hub. This report provides key learnings and highlights from the webinar series.
Community Births – A Solution to Maternity Care Deserts
Archived Webinar March 3, 2026
According to the March of Dimes 2024 report, "Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the United States," 1,104 counties, or about 35% of the nation’s 3,142 counties, are designated as Maternity Care Deserts.
Evidence for Expanded Access to Head Start and Early Head Start
Blog February 27, 2026
Head Start and Early Head Start have been proven effective for supporting young children’s development, and their parents, for many years. But did you know that Head Start and Early Head Start can reduce child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement?