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Supporting Informal Child Care Providers in Detroit

Article July 1, 2021

Transforming children's early care and education into a high-quality learning experience is central to making the city of Detroit a world-class city for its children and families. This article highlights learnings from a formative evaluation of a collaborative effort by a funder, a research organization, and three community partners that set out to shed light on the strengths, limitations, and needs of informal child care providers in southwest Detroit.

Rescue. Rebuild. Reimagine.

Website June 23, 2021

The American Rescue Plan, like the COVID relief bills before it, present opportunities for states to think beyond one-time aid and make transformative new investments and significant changes to state early childhood policy. This set of resources on the Alliance for Early Success website aggregates information on how states can — and are — using these crucial funds to rebuild and reimagine the way they support young children and their families.

SWOT Analysis Exercise

Planning Tool June 23, 2021

This exercise is designed to help your team assess your relative position when it comes to communications. It is best undertaken by a cross-functional team of people who can provide a range of perspectives – similar to the development of your communications plan.

2021 Kids Count Data Book

Website June 21, 2021

The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before - and during - the coronavirus pandemic.

The Potential—and Pitfalls—of Telehealth

Blog June 16, 2021

COVID-19 revealed that underserved families could access vital early childhood system resources virtually through the Internet and other forms of electronic communication. But realizing the potential of virtual service delivery requires policy makers to confront inequities faced by marginalized communities and families lacking access to broadband internet, computers, tablets, and smartphones.

The Need For Trauma-Informed Services And Policies In Early Care And Education: A Webinar Series

Blog June 16, 2021

With funding from the Irving Harris Foundation, the BUILD Initiative organized series of webinars and blogs in partnership with the Center for Law and Social Policy focused on how recent changes in immigration policy are presenting new and intense challenges to infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families, and the teachers and programs that work with them.

It’s Time: The Steady Growth of QRIS and the ECE System

Blog June 16, 2021

This profile of Anne Walsh Mitchell, a long-time leader in the early childhood education field and a past-president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), upon her retirement offers her reflections on how the emergence of state Quality Rating and Improvement Systems continue to impact the work of the early care and education system.

Recovery Legislation Provides Historic Opportunity to Advance Racial Equity

Report June 2, 2021

The recovery legislation that policymakers will consider this year marks a historic opportunity to help drive an equitable recovery in which 1) all children can reach their full potential; 2) workers in low-paid jobs or facing weak labor market prospects have the supports they need; and 3) we take large strides toward universal health coverage.