Many states are developing child care plans amidst dynamic discussion about child care financing. This presents an opportunity for grantmakers to work in states to elevate the importance of public funding for child care. ECFC has prioritized child care as a program and policy priority to harness this momentum, and help funders explore child care access, affordability, and quality with an emphasis on building support for public financing for child care.
The Raising Child Care Fund (RCCF), a project of the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, is a group is made up of long-term funders committed to early childhood who...
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On this week’s COVID-19 peer call for EC funders, we considered paths to sustainable and equitable child care recovery and the role of Community Development...
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This week’s COVID-19 call for EC funders explored the impact of the pandemic on families with young children and how organizations are working with families...
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Co-hosted with Grantmakers for Education As part of ECFC’s weekly COVID-19 call series, this call explored early childhood related state and national emergency funds to learn...
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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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April 22, 2020 (Updated May 5, 2020) By Rachel Schumacher, Project Manager, Raising Child Care Fund Foundations are starting to understand the immediate and longer-term...
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By Rachel Schumacher, Project Manager, Raising Child Care Fund Foundations committed to promoting equity and economic justice are looking for innovative and effective approaches to...
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On this weekly EC Funder & COVID-19 Learning and Sharing call, ECFC was joined by Sarah Rittling, Executive Director, First Five Years Fund, and Danielle Ewen, Principle, EducationCounsel...
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– Thursdays @ 3pm ET – ECFC hosts weekly calls for funders to share COVID-19 responses related to early childhood and child care, and to...
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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...
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