Back to Basics: Essential Components of An American Early Care and Education System
Infrastructure and system are two words often neglected in discussions of early childhood policy. This paper is about these all-important and hidden “basics”. It offers a working definition of an early care and education system, and of its infrastructure. The paper unequivocally states that unless the system and the infrastructure are addressed and supported, there is little opportunity for achieving quality and the desired outcomes as a result of policy change.
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Archived Webinar October 21, 2025
Over the course of this Whole Child Whole Family Whole Systems webinar series, we have journeyed together through the many forces that shape the lives of young children and their families: economic stability, maternal health, housing, homelessness, family supports, food security, and environmental conditions.
Pathway to Healing Hubs: A Community Reflection & Action Guide
Planning Tool October 15, 2025
This template is designed to help you co-create a healing hub in your community that centers joy, love, cultural wisdom, and lived experience. Use the space provided to reflect, plan, and dream together.
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Archived Webinar September 22, 2025