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The Equity Leaders Action Network Ripple Effects

Report June 1, 2021

The Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN) is BUILD’s fellowship program to support state- and county-level early childhood leaders committed to advancing toward racial equity. It was created in response to four challenges reflected in early childhood program, entities, and organizations: racism, fragmented early childhood systems, lack of community and beneficiary voices, and a dearth of policy leadership intentionally committed to racial equity. This brief summarizes the ripple effects of the project.

Six Opportunities to Advance Equity in the ARPA Child Care Stabilization Grant Guidance

Blog May 18, 2021

The grant guidance for the American Rescue Plan Act offers strategies for designing stabilization grant programs that can begin to address systemic inequities built into the child care industry over centuries and rooted in historic reliance on the undervalued work of Black, Latinx, and other women of color. This article, prepared by the Center for Law and Social Policy, offers are six important opportunities states should consider as they use ARPA funds to meet the field’s immediate relief needs.

National Maternal Health Resource Center

Website May 2, 2021

The Maternal Health Learning & Innovation Center offers resources on maternal health as related to various topics including equity, policy, telehealth, public health, workforce and leadership, use of data and evaluation, community and clinical engagement, engaging and educating key players in maternal health, and developing sustainable solutions. Resources are added weekly.

Three Principles for an Antiracist, Equitable State Response to COVID 19 – and a Stronger Recovery

Report April 29, 2021

COVID-19’s effects have underscored the ways our nation’s history of racism, bias, and discrimination are embedded in our health, social, and economic systems. But recent, substantial federal aid and an improving revenue outlook in many states are offering states a historic chance: they can make policy choices that repeat and exacerbate these inequities, which also will slow the economy’s recovery, or they can set another course — toward antiracist, equitable, and inclusive policies that build an economic recovery that extends to all people. This article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides three principles to guide the recovery work.

NCIT Hub State Spotlight: Michigan

Article March 31, 2021

The Early Childhood Investment Corporation is the Pritzker Children’s Initiative state grantee for Michigan. In this article, Alicia Guevara Warren, Director or Statewide Policy Initiatives highlights the PN-3 work underway in the state.

Three Steps State Child Care Agencies Can Take to Support an Equitable Economic Recovery

Blog March 4, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have had to balance working or seeking work, protecting their own and their children’s health and safety, and managing their children’s education despite child care programs being closed or offering reduced services. For Black and Latino families, these challenges have been more pronounced. This Urban Institute blog outlines three immediate ways policymakers can use the child care funds allocated in the recent relief packages to more equitably support families with young children.