This webinar highlighted best practices and lessons learned from three states (ME, NC and TX) who have worked with parent leaders over the past year to create structures and processes for parent leadership.
Panelists included parents and state advocates who shared their experiences in shifting power to parents and re-examining the traditional ways of doing advocacy with a more intentional equity lens.
Learn more about this state policy initiative here.
The Child Care Modernization Act Fails to Deliver Real Solutions to the Child Care Crisis
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which provides essential federal child care funding to states, is desperately underfunded and not designed to address the full scope of the child care crisis facing America. The Child Care Modernization Act is not the answer.
Beyond Giving Knowledge Away: Rethinking the Responsibilities of Developmental Science
Developmental science’s role extends beyond research to interpreting evidence, engaging with public systems, and improving outcomes for children and families.
Through the lens of the National Diaper Bank Network, this article identifies diaper insecurity as a public health issue and examines its effects on child health, development, parental well-being, and access to child care and employment, while highlighting the importance of investments in diapers, health care, child care, and family support programs to help children thrive.