News February 11, 2026 Bruno Showers States Push for Dedicated Funds for Children and Youth in Response to Federal Funding Challenges Our 2026 state legislative preview highlights legislatures pushing for more dedicated funding for children and youth amid increasingly tighter budgets.
Insights January 14, 2026 Elizabeth Gaines A New Year of Standing Together for Children and Youth Children’s Funding Project founder and CEO Elizabeth Gaines reflects on the organization’s work in 2025 and presents an outlook for 2026, including a snapshot of our organization’s impact.
Guest Blog December 10, 2025 Dr. Gil Noam, Harvard University Social Media, Mental Health, and the Role of After-School and Summer Programs Dr. Gil Noam explains how after-school and summer programs foster mental and emotional resilience for young people to counteract the harms of social media—and how payouts from social media lawsuits can fund them.
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.