November 19, 2020 – ECFC signs on to recommendations urging the Administration to make child care and early learning a national priority The strength of......
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All of the priority policy issues that face us as a nation have children and families at their heart. Restoring a thriving economy, reducing poverty and improving opportunity, creating living-wage jobs, accessing affordable health care, building a vibrant education system, reforming the immigration and criminal justice systems, and combating global warming to build a sustainable future – are all intricately related to the well-being of children and families. By bringing early childhood issues to the top of the domestic policy agenda, our country can fulfill the promise that every young child brings into the world and fulfill our promise as a nation. ECFC’s programming priorities key areas of interest that have critical policy, as well as practice, implications. Explore our priority areas below.
COVID-19
Impact of Media and Video on Young Children
On Thursday, November 12th, ECFC and Media Impact Funders co-hosted a discussion on the impact of media and video on young children, with an eye......
Read MoreEC Sector Areas of Need & Philanthropic Opportunities During the Pandemic
Keeping our guiding principles in mind, the following are some areas of need in the early childhood sector that we’ve been hearing that early childhood......
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Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
A new report outlines 14 critical priorities and actionable policies that federal and state policymakers can immediately and concretely utilize to advance equity in the......
Read More2021 Child Care & Early Learning Recommendations
November 19, 2020 – ECFC signs on to recommendations urging the Administration to make child care and early learning a national priority The strength of......
Read MoreStatement on Relief for Children, Families and Early Care and Learning
August 4, 2020 The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative is a network of 47 national, regional, and local foundations that invest to promote equity in the well-being......
Read MoreChildren in Immigrant Families
Partnering with Policymakers and Community Members to Position Dual Language Learners for Success
On October 15th, ECFC, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and Philanthropy Advocates hosted a cutting-edge discussion for funders on how to make strategic investments......
Read MoreChildren Thrive Action Network: Defending and Supporting America’s Children in Immigrant Families
On July 22nd, ECFC and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) co-hosted a funders discussion about the new Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN). The mission of CTAN......
Read MoreThe Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Immigrant Children and Families
Co-hosted with The Alliance for Early Success In addition to highlighting the Coronavirus’s disproportionate impact on immigrant children, speakers discussed federal legislation to address the needs......
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Building Back for Equity, Guidance to Inform 2021 EC Grantmaking
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding systemic and structural inequities in early childhood, particularly for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income families and providers. Through the......
Read MoreEC Sector Areas of Need & Philanthropic Opportunities During the Pandemic
Keeping our guiding principles in mind, the following are some areas of need in the early childhood sector that we’ve been hearing that early childhood......
Read MoreState and Local Budgets – the Next COVID-19 Battlefront
The pandemic and economic fallout are placing significant strains on state and local budgets, costing millions to contain the disease and driving sharp declines in......
Read MoreEarly Relational Health
Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
A new report outlines 14 critical priorities and actionable policies that federal and state policymakers can immediately and concretely utilize to advance equity in the......
Read MoreThree Trimesters to Three Years: Promoting Early Development
The Fall 2020 issue of The Future of Children journal, Three Trimesters to Three Years: Promoting Early Development, examines the factors that affect a child’s development, beginning......
Read MoreShow+Tell: Transforming Well-being through Social & Emotional Development
Show+Tell is an online interactive event series showcasing the most promising innovations in early childhood development with the potential for scaled impact for children facing......
Read MoreFunder Collaboratives
Building Parent & Practitioner Power in Child Care
When it comes to child care conversations, too often the voices of parents and practitioners are left out, especially parents and practitioners of color.......
Read MoreEC Funder Calls
April – November 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly surfaced urgent needs for young children, their families and laid bare the fragility and inequity of the......
Read MoreJoint PSO Statement: Keep Equity at the Forefront in Philanthropy’s Response to the Coronavirus
Thursday March 19, 2020 ECFC has joined nearly 60 other local, state, regional and national philanthropy serving organizations (PSO’s) in a joint statement urging Philanthropy......
Read MoreMaking Kids & Families Policy Priorities: A Funder Policy Roadmap for 2021 and Beyond
Hosted by Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable After the 2020 elections, it is time to reflect on what funders can do to progress policy......
Read MoreNo Going Back — Building for a Better Future
Co-hosted by Economic Opportunity Funders, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, and Funders for a Just Economy Note: this program is for funders and philanthropic advisory......
Read MoreHow Philanthropy Can Support Aligned Priorities in the New Administration: Building Partnerships for 2021 and Beyond
After the 2008 election of President Obama, there was a surge in interest, ideas, and even a growing infrastructure to facilitate strategic, intentional partnerships between......
Read MoreNational Day of Racial Healing
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has designated January 19 as their 5th annual National Day of Racial Healing. ECFC encourages our members and philanthropy colleagues to pause......
Read MoreUsing and Communicating Data to Advance Racial Equity in Early Care and Education Systems
Hosted by the Alliance for Early Success To develop equity-focused, data-driven policies requires equity principles be applied to how we think about and use data.......
Read MoreStart with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
A new report outlines 14 critical priorities and actionable policies that federal and state policymakers can immediately and concretely utilize to advance equity in the......
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