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 New Orleans, LA’s Early Childhood Education Millage How advocates in New Orleans won a ballot measure that will dedicate approximately $21 million in property tax revenue annually to infant and toddler care.
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.
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.
Video Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Urges Leaders to “Have the Courage” to Raise Public Money for Kids Interview with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, architect of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax, which supports quality pre-K programs.
Video Cincinnati Preschool Promise: “Where Every Kid Has Access to a High-Quality Preschool” Interview with Cincinnati, OH, City Council Member Greg Landsman, leader of the city's effort to create a voter-approved children's fund.
Video Election De-Brief On Kids: Has the Political Landscape Changed? Lessons learned from the November 2022 election and public support for kids' issues.
Video What Are Voter-Approved Children’s Funds? Learn what voter-approved children's funds are, where they exist, and how to create one for your community.
Video Support from City Leaders, Youth, and Advocates Leads to Ballot Measure Success in Sacramento Interview with former City Council Member Jay Schenirer and his colleague Claudia Jasin about their efforts to help Sacramento become a more youth friendly city.
Video How Franklin County, OH Supports Child Care Providers and Families with American Rescue Plan Dollars Interview with Erica Crawley, county commissioner and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Video A Catalyst for Change: Karen Pittman Reflects on a Career Dedicated to Positive Youth Development Interview with Karen Pittman about her illustrious career and leadership in the field of positive youth development.
Video How to Prioritize Kids in Your Legislative Session: Lessons from the States Exploration of five different types of bills that state advocates are using to direct more sustained funding to early childhood.
PowerPoint Deck Slides: How States and Communities Are Maximizing American Rescue Plan Funding for Kids in 2022 and Beyond Highlights from our American Rescue Plan database.
Video How Emerging Funding Strategies Can Help Tribal Nations Support Child and Youth Programs Ideas for creative funding sources for native nations to support programs and services for children and youth.
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.
Video How Cost Models Can Help Tribal Nations Support Early Childhood Programs Why and how cost models can help Native nations achieve their goals for young children.
Video Meet the Team Behind New Orleans, LA’s New Children’s Fund Discussion with three of the leaders who were instrumental in the success of the Yes for NOLA Kids campaign.
Video Annemarie Valdez: 2022 Children’s Funding Champion Conversation with our 2022 Children's Funding Champion, Annemarie Valdez of First Steps Kent.
Video State Level Strategic Financing: Bringing It All Together for Babies Step-by-step webinar about how your state can maximize strategic investments for infants and toddlers.
PowerPoint Deck Public Funding for Children and Youth Data and initial findings from 14 state cradle-to-career fiscal maps