Success Story November 8, 2022 Kristen Loschert Children’s Fund Spotlight: Strong Start, San Miguel County, CO Strong Start in San Miguel County, CO, manages one of the nearly 50 voter-approved children’s funds nationwide dedicating local revenue to services specifically for children.
Interview October 25, 2022 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Urges Local Leaders to “Have the Courage” to Raise Public Money for Kids Children’s Funding Project CEO Elizabeth Gaines recently spoke with Mayor Kenney about the campaign to secure the beverage tax in Philadelphia, the successes of the programs it supports, and Mayor Kenney’s advice for other local leaders looking for ways to fund programs for children.
News October 12, 2022 Josh Weinstock 2022 Ballot Measure Preview As Election Day quickly approaches, a number of states and localities will decide whether to dedicate millions of dollars of public revenue to children. Learn about all the efforts to fund children’s services on this fall’s ballot.
Insights September 20, 2022 Esther Grambs Back-to-School Success Requires Strong Community-School Partnerships In 2021, the American Rescue Plan’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund provided $122 billion to state educational agencies and K-12 public school districts for much needed financial relief to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest Blog August 16, 2022 Josh Wallack Local Government Can Expand Pre-K—Four Lessons from New York City As the chances dwindle for significant federal action on early care and education, families and providers are turning back to leaders in city and state governments to address the crisis that the lack of care has created.
Guest Blog August 9, 2022 Robyn Lightcap Early Childhood Education Starts at Birth—Three Lessons from Preschool Promise A lot of communities say they support families and young children. But Dayton and Montgomery County, OH, can point to much that they’re doing and, importantly, institutionalizing to ensure our youngest children get off to a great start.
Insights July 27, 2022 Sarah Eicher, Kate Ritter Five Tips for Improving Cost Modeling for Early Childhood Education A cost model measures the true cost of equitably implementing, maintaining, or expanding a program or service for children. Demand for cost modeling in early childhood care and education continues to grow.
Insights July 20, 2022 Using Fiscal Data to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Youth Specifically, Native nations, states, and local governments should be able to use fiscal data to accurately assess the out-of-school and community-based programs and services available to American Indian and Alaska Native children and youth.
Insights June 28, 2022 How Do We Create and Sustain Programs and Services for Kids? Now, as a newly elected city council member, the fundamental question I ask myself is “how do we pay for, sustain, and create additional resources for children and youth to ensure their safety, healthy development, and success?”
Interview June 15, 2022 Meet the Team Behind New Orleans, LA’s New Children’s Fund Rochelle Wilcox, Hamilton Simons-Jones, and Jillian Delos Reyes were instrumental in the success of the Yes for NOLA Kids campaign.
Insights June 14, 2022 Funizwe Gaines Sikosana Investing in Buffalo Through a Community Benefits Agreement A CBA that guarantees community investments of even a fraction of projected stadium profits could directly benefit Buffalo’s underserved neighborhoods in perpetuity.
Insights May 26, 2022 Olivia Allen Youth Mental Health Is Top of Mind for Voters Public opinion polling during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that voters feel intense concern about youth mental health and are willing to prioritize public investment in programs that support young people.