Supporting Prenatal-to-Three with Federal Relief Funds: Early Childhood Education
This webinar featured inspiring state and local leaders from Bend, Oregon; Louisiana; and San Diego, California who seized the opportunity from ARPA. Louisiana, represented by a public sector leader and an advocate leader, partnered with providers and families to design a comprehensive approach to early care and education that has many transformational features in key areas of access, quality, rates, compensation, and more. The Bend Chamber of Commerce worked in collaboration with higher education and others in the local community to leverage federal relief resources to tackle supply for early care and education. In San Diego, First 5 San Diego played a key role in persuading the county to create an ECE-specific federal relief strategy to expand family access, address behavioral needs of young children, and support child care providers.
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Collaborative Leadership and Power Lessons on Authentic Family and Community Partnerships
Video June 20, 2024
During this one-hour webinar, hosted in partnership with Vital Village Networks, you’ll witness the limitless wisdom and leadership that lives in our communities. Hear about best practices and lessons learned from prenatal-to-three (PN3) coalitions across the country that are working to shift and share power with parents and community partners. We’ll explore what it looks like to build trust and relationships while redesigning what it means to lead together for the health and wellbeing of our children.
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Family Engagement
Report June 13, 2024
Family engagement at the state and local level is an essential component of high-quality, inclusive early childhood care and education (ECCE) programs and systems. Engaging families as partners during the early years allows parents and caregivers to establish strong connections that support their children’s development, well-being, and achievement long term.
Ideas for Incorporating Strategic Financing Efforts into Your PDG B5 Application
Report June 13, 2024
This resource outlines ideas for incorporating strategic financing efforts into your PDG B-5 application.