News November 7, 2025 Olivia Allen, Dan Whitaker Early Childhood Wins Big on Election Night Voters approved up to $300 million per year across four communities in dedicated funding for young children in 2025 local elections.
News October 29, 2025 Emma Reilly, Marina Mendoza, Olivia Allen Voter-Approved Children’s Funds Expand Support for Families During Government Shutdown See examples of the power local voter-approved children's funds have in times of uncertainty and instability.
News October 20, 2025 Hannah Groetsch, Dan Whitaker, Olivia Allen Dedicated Funding for Child Care, Preschool, and After-School Programs Appears on Local November Ballots Learn about the dedicated funding for kids on local ballots nationwide this November that we are watching.
News October 1, 2025 Esther Grambs, Riley Snyder Government Shutdown Shuts Out Kids Congress’ failure to pass a 2026 federal budget halted crucial funding for children and youth and cut off key services, harming vulnerable families.
Interview August 13, 2025 Funders Can Lean Into New Roles To Unlock Public Funding for Kids In a new 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.
Interview July 30, 2025 Buell Foundation Shares Real-Time Lessons on Public Funding for Early Childhood Read 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.
Interview July 16, 2025 Kenny Francis Building a Plan for Sustainable Funding for Kids—and Their Families—in Dayton, OH Children's Funding Coordinator Philip Ferrari grew up seeing inequitable investments for kids in his community and now works toward improving outcomes through strategic public financing.
News July 8, 2025 Esther Grambs, Riley Snyder Big Budget Bill Is Bad for Kids Funding cuts in the new federal budget will harm America's children and youth in a variety of ways requiring analysis and action to confront.
Guest Blog June 12, 2025 Shawna Rosenzweig, CEO, Camp Fire National Headquarters Youth Development Is the Solution America Needs. Payouts from Social Media Lawsuits Can Provide the Funding. In this guest blog, Camp Fire CEO Shawna Rosenzweig highlights how high-quality outdoor programs and camps foster positive youth mental health—and why payouts from social media lawsuits should fund them.
News March 20, 2025 Olivia Allen, Bruno Showers Multiple State Legislatures Introduce Bills to Provide Sustained Funding for Kids This update on the 2025 state legislative sessions examines the states considering bills to fund programs and services for children and youth.
News January 29, 2025 Bruno Showers State Tax Cuts Threaten Public Funding Just When Child and Youth Programs Are Most Needed As states across the country begin their 2025 legislative sessions, advocates could face challenges to funding for children and youth, but can still take action for future state funding.
Insights December 11, 2024 Elizabeth Gaines Reflecting on a Year of Accomplishments for Children and Youth—and Preparing for a New Political Climate Children’s Funding Project founder and CEO Elizabeth Gaines reflects on our organization’s work in 2024 and shares thoughts about what 2025 holds for advocates for children and youth.