Advancing Equity in Early Care and Education System with The American Rescue Plan Act
This policy agenda attends to critical levers to ensure equitable access, positive experiences, and outcomes that are not associated with demographic characteristics in learning systems for our youngest children and their families. The American Rescue Plan provides a unique opportunity to make tangible headway on this agenda. The report also reviews concrete ways to invest in ensuring equitable access, experiences, and outcomes and can be a tool to support states and tribes in building a pathway towards stronger, higher-quality, more equitable systems.
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Immigration Enforcement: Trauma at an Early Age
Blog May 27, 2026
Spring 2026 BUILD Partner State Meeting Summary
Archived Meeting Resources May 20, 2026
Over 40 state leaders representing six states joined BUILD for our bi-annual Spring Partner State Meeting in Houston in spring 2026
Homeless Mothers and Children: Crushing Impacts, Comprehensive Solutions
Blog May 7, 2026
“We can’t just go on chin up, chest out without eventually having a breakdown. We have to deal with the trauma. If we don’t get healed, it will just hit and hit.” ~Cynthia Garcia