Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Travis County, TX Raising Travis County supports child care slots for babies and toddlers from households with low income, and after-school and summer school slots for elementary school-age children.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Whatcom County, WA The Healthy Children’s Fund invests about $10 million a year to increase access to quality early education and care, improve kindergarten readiness, and support vulnerable children in Whatcom County, WA.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Jackson, MO In 2024, the Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County, MO, received additional funding to support multiple services that promote mental health and social-emotional well-being for children and youth under age 19.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: New Orleans, LA The Early Childhood Education Millage funds the City Seats program in New Orleans and has expanded access to publicly funded care for children ages 0-3 who are from families with low income.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund invests in community-rooted, youth-centered organizations, particularly those historically excluded from traditional philanthropy, to ensure that all Baltimore youth can live, thrive, and lead.
Video King County, WA, Keeps Community at the Center with Best Starts for Kids Our interview with Sheila Ater Capestany highlights her work implementing Best Starts for Kids, a voter-approved children's fund in King County, WA, that has served more than 500,000 children, youth, young adults, and families since its inception.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: King County, WA Best Starts for Kids provides comprehensive support from prenatal development through young adulthood to ensure that every child raised in King County grows up happy, healthy, safe, and thriving.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Denver, CO Denver Preschool Program is available to all Denver 4-year-olds in their last year of preschool before kindergarten and qualifying 3-year-olds, with priority given to families experiencing financial hardships.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Broward County, FL The Children's Services Council of Broward County funds and supports a wide range of programs focused on early childhood education, literacy, health, child abuse prevention, and out-of-school time.
Collection Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profiles Explore this collection to learn more about the individual voter-approved children's funds across the country.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: San Antonio, TX Pre-K 4 SA is a citywide early childhood and family initiative dedicated to expanding access to high-quality, full-day preschool for San Antonio’s 3- and 4-year-olds, with a focus on children from families who have low incomes.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Miami-Dade County, FL The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County invests in a wide range of programs focused on early childhood education, health, after-school and summer youth programs, family and parenting support, and continuous learning and quality improvement.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Seattle, WA The Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy was designed to invest $638 million over seven years to child care and preschool, K-12 college and career readiness, and postsecondary access.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Preschool Promise supports quality preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds, increases wages for early childhood educators, and ensures that preschool instruction meets high standards.
Publication Voter-Approved Children’s Fund Profile: Multnomah County, OR The purpose of Preschool for All is to create a universal, high-quality, and equitable preschool system for all 3- and 4-year-old children in Multnomah County by 2030.
Video Getting to the Source of State Dedicated Funding for Kids Learn how state dedicated funds can provide sustainable support for child and youth programs outside of the K-12 school day, and hear from advocates about how they successfully secured such funding in their states.
Publication State Strategies for Sustained Investment in Kids: A Landscape of Dedicated Funding Learn how states have successfully created dedicated funding streams for children and youth and the strategies that advocates, policymakers, and community leaders can use to identify viable revenue options.
Video Funders Can Lean Into New Roles To Unlock Public Funding for Kids In this video interview, Nicole Eovino Diebold explains how the C.E. and S. Foundation brought together key leaders from philanthropy and advocacy to create a coordinated approach to funding programs for children and youth in Kentucky.
Video Buell Foundation Shares Real-Time Lessons on Public Funding for Early Childhood Watch our interview with Jason Callegari from Buell Foundation about supporting infusions of new revenue into Colorado's early childhood system to make high-quality child care accessible to all families across the state.
Publication Tracking Social Media Litigation: A Quick Guide for After-School Advocates A tool for youth development, after-school, and summer program advocates to help them understand current litigation against social media companies and find resources for tracking updates in the courts and in their states.