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.
Insights November 11, 2024 Elizabeth Gaines After-School Programs Offer an Antidote to Social Media Harms. Big Tech Settlements Should Foot the Bill. Our CEO examines how after-school programs support youth well-being and provide an alternative to social media—and how potential settlements from litigation against Big Tech companies could fund these programs.
News November 6, 2024 Dan Whitaker, Olivia Allen Voters in Local Communities Approve Up to $133 Million for Kids in the 2024 Election See the results from local and state ballot measures and what the results mean for infants, toddlers, children, and youth!
News October 30, 2024 Marina Mendoza, Olivia Allen Multnomah County’s Preschool for All Shows Communities How to Expand Preschool Access and Still Preserve Infant and Toddler Child Care Efforts in Multnomah County, OR, to provide universal preschool also include plans to sustain infant and toddler child care services.
News October 23, 2024 Dan Whitaker, Olivia Allen Five Communities Seek Dedicated Funding for Kids on the November Ballot Background about key ballot measures for voter-approved children's funds as well as other local and statewide initiatives in the 2024 election.
Success Story October 9, 2024 Kylie Wheeler, Kenny Francis Laying the Groundwork for Strategic Public Financing Success in Austin, TX A children's funding coordinator, cost model, and voter-approved children's fund on the ballot, are all part of the effort to fund early childhood services and more in Travis County, TX.
News September 25, 2024 Marina Mendoza, Olivia Allen Cincinnati Preschool Promise Encourages Fund Leaders to “Contribute the Most You Can” to Support Local Early Child Care Systems More than 30 local leaders and advocates from across the country met to examine a successful voter-approved children's fund in Cincinnati.
Success Story September 18, 2024 Brett McPherson Poughkeepsie, NY, on the Journey to Sustainable Funding for Children and Youth Since 2022, we have helped Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet find a road to better funding for kids with fiscal maps and cost models, and most recently with a children's funding coordinator.
Insights August 28, 2024 Avy Osalvo How Community Members, Advocates, and Policymakers Can Make the Most of the Remaining American Rescue Plan Dollars for Children and Youth Tips for how to prepare and make the most of investments from American Rescue Plan funds approaching allocation deadlines.
Success Story June 26, 2024 Kate Ritter, Avy Osalvo Increasing Wages for Community-Based Teachers Becomes a Key Element of Boston’s Universal Pre-K Funding Formula During the 2023-2024 school year, we collaborated with Boston Public Schools to update the cost model and funding formula that support the city's Universal Pre-K program to ensure that program teachers and staff receive adequate wages.