September 17, 2025 State Strategies for Sustained Investment in Kids: A Landscape of Dedicated Funding
Publication A Perfect Match for Child Care: Louisiana Case Study How Louisiana’s state and local policymakers and advocates are working to increase financial investments and available quality child care.
Publication Funding Out-of-School Time Programs—Now and in the Future A guide for finding sustainable federal, state, and local funding sources for out-of-school time programs.
Publication Last Vote to First Dollar Toolkit An implementation toolkit to help leaders of new voter-approved children's funds set their funds up for success
Publication Tracking the Flow of Federal Funding for Children and Youth An interactive chart that illustrates how federal funds flow through agencies and into communities
Publication From Cradle to Career: Understanding the Federal Government’s Investment in Young People Fact sheet of findings from our federal funding database of more than 280 federal funding streams and counting.
Video Funding Our Kids: Understanding the Federal Government’s Investments in Children and Youth A look at our federal funding streams database, which can help communities identify other sources of federal funding to tap after federal relief dollars expire.
Video 2022 Ballot Measure Allows Whatcom County to Play Greater Role in Supporting Children and Families Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu talks about the county's Healthy Children’s Fund.
Video Madison Youth Workers Say We Must Invest in Kids’ Curiosity to Help Them Succeed Two career youth workers share their perspectives for helping young people succeed.
Video How to Build Sustainable Funding for Kids: The Case for Children’s Funding Coordinators This webinar breaks down how children’s funding coordinators can champion meaningful and sustainable funding for children and youth in your communities.
Video Investing Early in Child Well-Being Gives King County Kids the “Best Start” Our interview with Dow Constantine, executive of King County, WA, since 2009.
Publication Investing in Pre-K-12 Students and Foster Care in Tulsa, OK An American Rescue Plan community profile
Publication Investing in Child Care, Home Visiting, and Community Navigation in Austin, TX An American Rescue Plan community profile
Collection Native Children and Youth Explore our collection of resources for leaders of Native nations about funding for children and youth.
Collection Our CEO’s Top Picks Explore hand-picked resources from our CEO Elizabeth Gaines for communities at all levels of the strategic public financing process.
Collection Voter-Approved Children’s Funds Learn more about voter-approved children’s funds—state or local tax revenue dedicated to children’s services by voters via a ballot measure.
Collection American Rescue Plan Explore our resources about the American Rescue Plan, including a searchable database, case studies, and more.
Video How Federal Funding Tools Can Help Tribal Nations Support Child and Youth Programs Preview of our federal funding tool, which includes funding for Native nations, and how communities can use it to support children and youth.
Publication San Antonio, TX: The Road to Transformative Results How advocates in Bexar County, TX leveraged American Rescue Plan dollars to support youth in their community.
Publication Voters Say “Yes” to Whatcom’s Kids How advocates in Whatcom County, WA, won a ballot measure in 2022 that will provide $10 million annually to fund services for infants, toddlers, and young children.