November 19, 2020 – ECFC signs on to recommendations urging the Administration to make child care and early learning a national priority The strength......
Priority Areas
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......
EC 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......
Child Care
2021 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......
EC 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......
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......
Children 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......
Children 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......
The 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......
Early Childhood Financing
EC 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......
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......
State 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......
Early Relational Health
Show+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......
Early Relational Health & Racial Equity Workgroups: Joint Book Club Meeting
On Wednesday August 25th, ECFC’s Early Relational Health and Racial Equity Workgroups will host a book club-style discussion on an episode of the “On Being......
Early Relational Health Book Club Meeting: Framing ERH
On Thursday June 25th, the ECFC Early Relational Health Workgroup hosted a “Book Club” Meeting to discuss Building Relationships: Framing Early Relational Health, a new......
Funder 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.......
EC 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......
Joint 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......
2021 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......
Power and Policy: A Deep Dive Into the New Political and Funding Landscape for Early Childhood
On December 3rd, join ECFC, The Alliance for Early Success and the First Five Years Fund for an important after-the-dust-has-settled discussion and analysis about the state......
EC 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......
ECFC Racial Equity Learning Series for Members
ECFC is partnering with School Readiness Consulting (SRC) and Liberated Development to present a series of five (5) virtual learning opportunities for ECFC members this......
EC 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......
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......