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......
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
State and Local Budgets – the Next COVID-19 Battlefront
Webinar: October 1, 2020 The pandemic and economic fallout are placing significant strains on state and local budgets, costing millions to contain the disease and......
Weekly EC Funders Call: Early Learning Experiences of Young Children & Pre-K Funding Trends
On September 17th, Lori Connors-Tadros, Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), joined us to consider findings from a recent NIEER research......
Child Care
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
Webinar: October 1, 2020 The pandemic and economic fallout are placing significant strains on state and local budgets, costing millions to contain the disease and......
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
Webinar: October 1, 2020 The pandemic and economic fallout are placing significant strains on state and local budgets, costing millions to contain the disease and......
Early Relational Health
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......
Strengthening Early Relationships and Social and Emotional Health
Our Fall 2019 member meeting began with a pre-session hosted by ECFC’s Early Relational Health Committee exploring two innovative models and approaches to supporting the infant......
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
In October, ECFC will transition weekly calls for EC Funders (open to all funders and philanthropic advisors) to every-other-week peer with a few exceptions due......
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......
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......
After the Election: Antiracist Policy and Advocating for America’s Children
On November 18th, the Alliance for Early Success monthly National Issues > State Action Call will feature a discussion with with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author......
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......
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......
After the Election: Antiracist Policy and Advocating for America’s Children
On November 18th, the Alliance for Early Success monthly National Issues > State Action Call will feature a discussion with with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author......
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......