On March 18th, ECFC and Einhorn Collaborative hosted a discussion with Dr. Dani Dumitriu, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, to......
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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
Prioritizing Early Childhood Educators for the COVID Vaccine
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts gain momentum, ECFC and our early childhood partners are concerned with the prioritization of and access to the vaccine for......
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......
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Building Power in the Midst of a National Crisis
The pandemic exposed to the nation what early childhood stakeholders already knew: child care sits at the nexus of racial, gender, and economic injustice. ......
Read MoreOrganizing for Equity from the Ground Up
A conversation with grassroots organizers, March 4, 2021 Even before the pandemic, there were inequities baked into child care that perpetuated racial, gender, and economic......
Read MorePrioritizing Early Childhood Educators for the COVID Vaccine
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts gain momentum, ECFC and our early childhood partners are concerned with the prioritization of and access to the vaccine for......
Read MoreChildren in Immigrant Families
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......
Read MorePartnering 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......
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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 MoreWant to Support Your Community’s Equitable Recovery from COVID-19? Invest in Child Care
During the COVID-19 crisis, local philanthropy has an essential role to play in bolstering a pillar of their local economies: child care. A new paper......
Read MoreFunding Our Future: Generating State and Local Tax Revenue for Quality Early Care and Education
Thanks to the work of early childhood leaders across the country, support for early care and education is on the rise. But funding gaps pose......
Read MoreEarly Relational Health
Impacts of COVID-19 on Mother-Infant Outcomes
On March 18th, ECFC and Einhorn Collaborative hosted a discussion with Dr. Dani Dumitriu, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, to......
Read MoreMedicaid Opportunities for Supporting Early Relational Health
On April 5th, the ECFC Early Relational Health (ERH)Workgroup explored opportunities for supporting early relational health through Medicaid and EPSDT with with Elisabeth Wright Burak,......
Read MoreStart with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
Grave inequities have long pervaded the education system and affect the lives of millions of children from historically marginalized communities. These inequities begin before birth......
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 MoreHope Starts Here: Detroit’s Early Childhood Partnership
For more than a decade, a small local early childhood funders collaborative, led by the Kresge Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, had been meeting......
Read MoreCollaborating Towards Kindergarten Readiness at Scale: A Funder Group Case Study
A new study from The Bridgespan Group explores how a funder collaboration set a fixed goal and continuously evolved its methods to achieve it. Formed......
Read MoreHow Philanthropy Can Partner with Government to Support EC Priorities
In times of government transition, there is always a surge of interest in creating strategic, intentional partnerships between the philanthropic community and the federal government. Early......
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 MoreShow + Tell: Equity & Justice in Early Childhood Development
Show + Tell events showcase the most promising innovations in early childhood development with the potential for scaled impact for children facing the greatest adversities.......
Read MoreStart with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
Grave inequities have long pervaded the education system and affect the lives of millions of children from historically marginalized communities. These inequities begin before birth......
Read MoreStanding with Black Children and Families
June 2, 2020 Once again, the often-ignored grip of racism has erupted in America. Last week another unarmed Black man, George Floyd, was killed by......
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