To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Week of the Young Child (April 10-16) and emphasize the importance of early learning, the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation, Firestarter Interactive, The Hunt Institute, and Smart Start/NC Partnership for Children have partnered to…
Lean In & Listen Up: How can we strengthen North Carolina’s early intervention, early childhood, and mental health services? By listening to families, released today by the NC Early Childhood Foundation and NC Child, provides a window into what families…
As a part of our NC Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Winter Meeting, the NC Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) invited three non-profit leaders to share their journeys to prioritize racial equity and family voice in their work, and to give their…
Governor Cooper’s 2021-2023 budget proposal, released this week, includes important supports for young children and families in the areas of birth to third grade education, health and development, and family supports. The proposal does not include incoming federal funds from…
Friends of NCECF,
It is with mixed emotions that I am informing you that Mandy Ableidinger will be leaving NCECF to join the Alliance for Early Success as a Senior Policy Director. I am positively thrilled for her, AND we…
A legislative council charged with creating a vision and strategy for a comprehensive birth through third grade education system for North Carolina will focus in 2021 on transitions among preschool and the early grades, supporting mental health and family engagement…
On March 15th, the state parties involved with the Leandro case submitted their Comprehensive Remedial Plan to the NC Superior Court. View the Plan here.
The Plan is in response to Consent Orders made by Judge Lee in January and…
The NC Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning (OEL) released a new resource for families and caregivers to help support their child’s transition to kindergarten.
The Let’s Get Ready! Guide: Uses a whole child approach, building upon the…
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) was passed by the House on March 10 and will be signed into law by President Biden. The bill continues critical pandemic-era support for young children and families that was started through the Coronavirus Aid,…
The NC Early Childhood Foundation is excited to continue the bold work of the NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Initiative (Pathways) with the development of the Pathways Action Map; a new online tool to help drive action in North Carolina.…