News October 1, 2025 Esther Grambs, 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, 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.
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.