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The clear findings in new research from Pivotal Ventures and Bipartisan Policy Center Action shouldn't surprise anyone -- families continue to feel the economic strain of caregiving and want policies that better support caregivers.

"For us, on Juneteenth, it’s important to talk about commitment to action that makes true emancipation a reality." -Helene Stebbins

Juneteenth Celebration and Juneteenth Action - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success is joining our neighbors in a celebration of freedom and a renewed commitment to dismantling the pervasive legacy of slavery.

Taking a moment to to Voices for Virginia's Children and other advocates in Virginia for their serious progress on policy that supports . Kinship placements were 20% in 2022, up from 5% in 2016!

Virginia Advocates’ Policy Wins Bring New Support for Children and Kinship Caregivers - Alliance for Early Success For more than five years, advocates in Virginia, including Voices for Virginia’s Children, have been advancing policies to strengthen Virginia kinship caregiving and—in the past several years—have had significant success in seeing strong policies implemented.

It's the last day of , but that doesn't mean we should stop talking about and working on breaking down the barriers to equitable outcomes. Take a look at how Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health and other advocates are working year-round to put permanent solutions in place.

Michigan Allies Advance Permanent Policy Solutions to Address Maternal Health Equity - Alliance for Early Success Advocates in Michigan continue to fight not only for prevention resources, but for culturally congruent policies and programs aimed squarely at racial disparities in death rates. This includes advocating for an effective perinatal care quality program, Michigan PQC, to be added to the state's public...

One thing we can do this National Prevention Month is commit to bringing an asset frame to the way we talk about the issue. Advocating for "family strengthening" as the solution to "childhood adversity" emphasizes parental aspirations -- and real solutions!

Homepage - Building Better Childhoods The Building Better Childhoods Toolkit is intended to support organizations in their interaction with media, the general public, and other stakeholders when speaking about childhood adversity. It is based on the February 2021 framing brief titled “Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream ...

Congratulations to New Mexico Voices for Children and the amazing coalition that made this pilot for families possible. Parents know exactly what to do with extra cash to help their children succeed!

New Mexico Coalition Wins Guaranteed Income Pilot for Immigrant Families - Alliance for Early Success A New Mexico Guaranteed Income Pilot for Immigrant Families has participating families reporting increases in housing and job security, as well as improved education outcomes for their children.

It's our lucky day! We are excited to welcome Aaliyah Roulhac to the Alliance for Early Success! Aaliyah joins us from the outstanding state advocacy organization Advocates for Children of New Jersey, and will serve as our first-ever Community and Network Associate.

Aaliyah Roulhac Joins Alliance for Early Success as First-Ever Community and Network Associate - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success announced today that Aaliyah Roulhac will become the organization’s first Community and Network Associate. The Alliance is a national nonprofit that advances strong early childhood policy in all 50 states and the District of Columbia by supporting state advocates wit...

Check out the powerful new tool developed by Team for West Virginia Children and Child Care Aware of America: it's great for both analysis and policymaker education.

West Virginia Advocates Develop a New Tool for Analyzing and Communicating the State’s Child Care Needs - Alliance for Early Success TEAM for West Virginia Children, the West Virginia Association for Young Children and Child Care Aware of America have rolled out a new West Virginia child care dashboard -- an interactive map illustrating the gap between child care supply and demand.

As we reflect on history on , we're also thinking about how we can work together to heal trauma and support tribes' strength and self-determination. Advocates like Zero to Five Montana are showing us what authentic collaboration can look like.

Montana’s Push to Improve Early Education Includes a Partnership to Protect Tribal Languages - Alliance for Early Success Montana advocates' work to improve the state's early education system includes an effort to protect the languages of the state’s 12 Native American tribes. It’s an effort to enrich children, support early educators, and draw on the experience and expertise of the larger community to support trib...

https://earlysuccess.org/rh-impact-maternal-mental-health/
Hope you can join Alliance For Early Success and
Reproductive Health Impact for this important conversation on maternal mental health!

Alliance Webinar on Maternal Mental Health - Alliance for Early Success In this webinar, the Alliance and RH Impact (formerly the National Birth Equity Collaborative) dive into the issue of maternal mental health and explore how states and communities can provide stronger and more equitable support to expecting and new parents.

The board of the Alliance For Early Success wrapped a packed day in with an inspiring visit to Historic Clayborn Temple, the church that served as the HQ of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, an economic and racial justice movement that brought Dr. Martin Luther King to the last march of his lifetime. Though the restoration has a long way to go, ED Anasa Troutman moved us with a vision for the space as a grandmother who carries the past, and nurtures a new generation that cherishes justice, belonging, and abundance.

Are you a community builder with a passion for the policies that help young children and their families thrive? We should talk!

Community and Network Associate - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success is seeking a Community and Network Associate to be a relationship-builder, a friendly voice, a connector, and a critical member of a team dedicated to creating a powerful, diverse community of state early childhood advocates. This is a new position. We are looking for....

Join us!

Deputy Director of Staff, Equity, and Culture - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success is seeking a Deputy Director who is passionate about developing an organizational culture that advances the Alliance mission, vision, and values – creating a powerful community of allies working in states to improve outcomes for young children. This is a new position...

We're excited and honored to welcome Nisha Patel to our Board!

Nisha G. Patel Joins Alliance for Early Success Board of Directors - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success (the Alliance) announced today Nisha Patel has joined the organization’s Board of Directors. Patel is a well-known national voice on social and economic mobility and philanthropy in the United States and will bring her deep expertise in supporting thriving families t...

We are excited to announce a $10-million investment from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—a meaningful vote of confidence in the Alliance that energizes us even more about our vision and our work.

And we are perhaps even more excited that the gift will allow us to launch our innovative Power Equity Initiative, which has been in the planning stages for more than two years.

We intend to give the whole $10 million away through the new initiative.

Alliance for Early Success Receives $10-Million Investment from MacKenzie Scott and Launches Innovative New Early Childhood Power Equity Fund - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success, a 50-state early childhood policy nonprofit, announced today a $10-million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The unrestricted MacKenzie Scott early childhood investment will fund the launch of the Power Equity Initiative, a bold strategy to grow an influentia...

Today's the day for action. Make sure you lend your voice to the Community Change Action 2023 ! https://communitychangeaction.org/childcare-may8/

Child Care - A Day Without Child Care | Community Change Action For generations, we have been fighting for equitable access to affordable child care and better pay and working conditions for providers. Take the pledge.

Check out the innovation led by Early Learner South Dakota and Committee for Economic Development to create a powerful new tool for educators, policymakers, and champions for South Dakota's young children. https://earlysuccess.org/south-dakota-child-care-supply-map

Alliance Allies in South Dakota Launch Game-Changing Child Care Supply Maps - Alliance for Early Success In another example of the Alliance Effect, Alliance allies have partnered to design a comprehensive South Dakota child care upply map to address South Dakota’s historical challenge of having very little publicly available child care supply and demand information.

We're kicking off with a great post from the Alliance For Early Success's own
Marquita Little Numan. Join us in spotlighting ! https://earlysuccess.org/black-maternal-health-week-2023

Birthing With Dignity and Facing the Disparities: My Black Maternal Health Week Reflections - Alliance for Early Success As we observe Black Maternal Health Week 2023, Alliance for Early Success Senior Director of Equity and Impact Marquita Little Numan shares her own birthing experience as a Black woman giving birth in Arkansas—and reflects on both the changes and the enduring disparities since her mother gave birt...

Hope you'll join us 4/19 to talk and with leaders including Beth Redbird of Northwestern University Center for Native American and Indigenous Research , Larissa Littlewolf of the Tribal Training and Certification Partnership, and Dawn Gray of Blackfeet Nation, along with legal expert Jack Trope of Casey Family Programs.

Alliance Webinar on Indigenous Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act - Alliance for Early Success In this webinar, Native American and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) advocates provide a closer look at the importance of this legislation and how states can act to preserve its protections.

Hearing about "social emotional learning" but not realy sure what it is? The Alliance has a quick rundown on everything you need to know about at the early childhood level. https://earlysuccess.org/what-is-social-emotional-learning/

What is Social Emotional Learning? - Alliance for Early Success What is social emotional learning? Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an integral part of child development and education that starts at birth to foster the development of important life skills such as setting and pursuing goals, self-control, building self-confidence and self-reliance, and dealing....

Miss the amazing webinar with Atlanta Doula Collective, Healthy Mothers Health Babies Coalition of Georgia, Georgetown Ccf, and Alliance For Early Success? No worries--the recording is posted. It was a powerful conversation about disparities and and how states can address them. https://earlysuccess.org/maternal-health-disparities-webinar

Alliance Webinar on Disparities in Maternal Health - Alliance for Early Success It is clear that good infant health starts before birth and that equitable access to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care are critical for long-term health for babies and their parents. Yet the maternal health crisis in this country has persisted, and it's a crisis that disproportionally impac...

ICYMI, the Alliance For Early Success is hosting a great panel on disparities--see the data and hear what advocates can do to advance for birth parents and their babies! https://earlysuccess.org/maternal-health-disparities-webinar

Join the Alliance for a Webinar on Disparities in Maternal Health - Alliance for Early Success It is clear that good infant health starts before birth and that equitable access to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care are critical for long-term health for babies and their parents. Yet the maternal health crisis in this country has persisted, and it's a crisis that disproportionally impac...

While this won't surprise all the parents out there trying to get back to work, a new study shows the now costs the economy $122 *BILLION* each year--and that's just the infant and toddler crisis. ReadyNation https://bit.ly/3WAiveM

In the early 1860s there were around 55,000 medical doctors in the US. More than 99 percent were White men. Around 270 were White women. Less than 200 were Black men. And exactly one was a Black woman: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler. https://earlysuccess.org/dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler

Meet Maternal and Child Health Pioneer Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, America’s First Black Female M.D. - Alliance for Early Success As we kick off Black History Month, the Alliance for Early Success celebrates the achievements and legacy of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, America’s first Black female medical doctor.

nation, we hope you'll include in your a celebration of the relentless social workers, mothers, and activists who helped with the landmark . https://earlysuccess.org/icwa-champions-spotlight/

Meet the Indigenous Social Workers Who Transformed Tribal Child Welfare - Alliance for Early Success The Alliance for Early Success celebrates the many tireless Indigenous grassroots activists who helped win the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 – crucial legislation for Native American child welfare.

If you missed the GREAT webinar on human centered design, the recording is now up -- along with all the links that were shared. Thanks New America, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Child Care Aware of America Washington, and MomsRising.org member Reshonna Reynolds. https://earlysuccess.org/human-centered-policy-design/

Webinar: Human Centered Design as an Equity Strategy in Early Childhood Policy and Development - Alliance for Early Success In this National Issues > State Action webinar, national experts and state advocacy professionals explore human-centered policy design and implementation, including in early childhood.

"66 % of caregivers sacrifice their own ambitions and wellbeing to care for a loved one. It’s time to implement public policies to make child and long-term care more affordable and accessible." Check out the new campaign from Pivotal Ventures.
https://www.pivotalventures.org/move-care-forward

Move Care Forward Caregivers need a system that works for them.

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“The next frontier is access.” So says Helene Stebbins in this great story in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on coordinated philanthropic investment in issues and, notably, . “Advocates must make it untenable for a state to provide these crucial programs to only tiny slivers of the children and families that need them.” https://www.philanthropy.com/article/big-dollars-for-little-kids-early-childhood-education

Big Dollars for Little Kids: Early Childhood Education Grant makers’ support of early-childhood education is boosting grassroots organizing and bipartisan advocacy — and spurring more government investment. Plus, see the rest of our August issue, published online today.