Title I Preschool and the NC Head Start State Collaboration Office (Office of Early Learning, NC Department of Public Instruction), the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation, and EducationCounsel have partnered since December 2017 to support school districts and early childhood…
Our partners at the BUILD Initiative are accepting applications for the Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN) Fellowship – twenty-five leaders working in state, county, tribal or territorial programs, initiatives, or structures within the early childhood system will be selected. The…
President Joe Biden took office today. He has laid out a two-step plan of rescue and recovery, aimed at supporting children and families through the immediate health and economic crisis of the pandemic and building a stronger infrastructure going forward.…
Join our webinar on January 28 at 10 am when we dig into the results from the state’s first survey on how families are navigating child care and work before and during COVID-19. The program will highlight the revenue loss…
Our partners at Prevent Child Abuse NC are hosting the (virtual) 2021 NC Community Resilience Conference on March 15. Registration is FREE and open now.
Learn more and register here.
Community leaders in the public health, local government, education, law…
Recently, NCECF’s Executive Director, Muffy Grant, had the opportunity to discuss the current early care and education landscape in NC with Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch. The interview covered where early care and education is struggling in the face…
The 2021 NC legislative session begins on January 27th. In addition to the normal state budget cycle, the legislature will be divvying up the federal COVID-19 relief funds passed in December by Congress.
We recommend this important early childhood Legislative…
Wednesday evening, January 6th, my 9-year-old son asked as he walked past us watching the news, “What country are the invaders from?”
The fear and anger that brought us to the siege of the Capitol and insurrection by Americans aiming…
Several of our close partner organizations are ringing in the new year with exciting new job opportunities!
NC Child is recruiting for a new Policy Director. The Director will lead NC Child’s legislative advocacy efforts and use data and research…
At the end of the 2020, Congress passed and the President signed into law a bill that includes approximately $900 billion for COVID-19 relief funding. EducationCounsel, a national partner, has drafted a top-line summary of key education-related and child care…