Together we can achieve a bold vision…
Each North Carolina child has a strong foundation for life-long health, education, and well-being supported by a comprehensive, equitable birth-to-eight ecosystem.
How We Do Our Work
We work to promote understanding, spearhead collaboration, and advance policies to ensure each North Carolina child is on track for lifelong success by the end of third grade. Much of this work happens through our initiatives:
- Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
- Early Learning and The Every Student Succeeds Act
- Family Forward NC
- First 2000 Days
- Local Funding for Early Learning
- NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading
Supporting Children’s Optimal Development
Each child can have the opportunity to be on track by third grade with aligned policies and practices rooted in child development, including health and development on track beginning at birth, supported and supportive families and communities, and high-quality birth-through-eight learning environments with regular attendance. Learn about the issues that support children’s optimal development beginning at birth.
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Policies Needed to Support Family Caregivers
We all need time to care – care for ourselves, a loved one, a growing family. During National Family Caregivers Month, we are spotlighting and honoring the working people who lift up our communities and our nation by providing dignified,…
Building Effective Reporting Systems to Prevent and Reduce Early Exclusion
States hold significant power and autonomy in creating and implementing early childhood learning policies, and within states, governance in early childhood education is often fragmented across multiple agencies and organizations. Variation in legislation related to early care and learning has…
NC Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Community Honored as National Pacesetter
The winners are in! The National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has recognized WAKE Up and Read as a 2022-2023 Pacesetter for its exceptional work in supporting a child’s early literacy success. WAKE Up and Read is a community organization that…
Board Spotlight: Honoring the Service of our Board Members
At the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF), our board members play an integral role in the success of the organization, providing strategic direction, solid governance, financial accountability and oversight, and offering support and guidance to staff. These leaders are…