BUILD 2021 Summary

Report March 10, 2022

BUILD’s annual National Conference has focused on helping state and local government leaders, advocates, educators, and providers put equitable, high-quality early care and education quality. This resource summarizes the key takeaways from BUILD 2021.

Heather McGhee Biography

Archived Meeting Resources March 10, 2022

Heather McGhee is a plenary speaker for the BUILD 2022 conference.

Higher Education Supports for HBCC Educators Whose Primary Language is Other than English

Slide Deck March 9, 2022

In this webinar, participants learned more about Ohio’s international education verification system and two community informed approaches, in Maryland and Colorado

Higher Education Supports for HBCC Educators Whose Primary Language is Other than English

Archived Webinar March 9, 2022

In this webinar, participants learned more about Ohio’s international education verification system and two community informed approaches, in Maryland and Colorado

Executives Partnering to Invest in Children: Business Leaders Acting and Advocating for Early Childhood

Blog March 7, 2022

Nicole Riehl, President and CEO of Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC), contributed to this blog about the benefit of the business community investing in early childhood education.

Adaptive Leadership: Reconceptualizing the Challenges Faced by our Field

Blog February 25, 2022

This blog is a summary from the keynote remarks made by Dr. Valora Washington during the BUILD Initiative's Partner State meeting in fall of 2021.

Increase in Maternal Mortality During COVID Underscores Need for Policy Changes

Article February 25, 2022

This article looks at how the rate of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth increased significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics, and Black women continued to experience maternal death at rates more than twice the national average. The need for policy change is emphasized.

How Louisiana Recognizes Early Care Educators’ Skills and Professionalism through a Year-End Tax Credit

Blog February 25, 2022

Jodie Joseph-Evans, director of Clara's Little Lambs Preschool Academy in New Orleans, LA, contributed to this blog on the benefits of utilizing the tax credit available to child care educators.

Supporting Prenatal-to-Three with Federal Relief Funds Webinar Recordings and Presentations

Archived Webinar February 24, 2022

This resource includes the recordings and slide deck presentations from the webinar series, Justice from the Start.

Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families: Cross-Systems Engagement Webinar Resources

Archived Meeting Resources February 22, 2022

These resources are from the second webinar of the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series. This session looked at what it will take for the child welfare workforce and the early childhood workforce to collaborate? What are the differences in priorities and orientations that challenge collaboration? What skills and training does the CW workforce need to better understand early childhood programs and the needs of young children? What skills and training does the early childhood workforce need to understand the pressures and priorities of the child welfare workforce? At what levels (service delivery, program management, policy) does collaboration need to occur?