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…

Read Wayne: Engaging Families through Welcome Baby Bags

Early care and education give young children a strong start in life, and parents are their children’s first teachers, introducing them to literacy and life experiences. We were inspired to learn about the Welcome Baby Bag project, from North Carolina…

WakeTogether’s Success in High Dose Tutoring

We are excited to announce that WAKE Up and Read, a NC Campaign for Grade-Level Reading community, is a finalist for the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) 2022-2023 Pacesetter Awards. Over 500 submissions were received from across the country…

Celebrating Ten Years of Lighting Pathways to Early Literacy

On the first Saturday of November, we were thrilled to gather at the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education for an intimate tenth anniversary celebration of children, their families, and their many helpers from across our state. The carnival-themed…

The Story of NCECF

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) working across the state of North Carolina, on behalf of young children, their families, and their caregivers and educators, we are filled with the kind of…

Offer Supportive Responses for Children’s Challenging Behaviors

Policy and Practice Resources to Increase the likelihood that Early Care and Learning Educators will be Empowered for all Little LearnersHigh rates of exclusion from early care and learning environments is the result of policy in(action) and can be…

Where do babies stand across America and in NC?

The story of America’s babies has never been more important. The data presented in the fifth edition of Zero to Three’s State of Babies Yearbook: 2023 paints a clear picture: bold action is needed to address urgent needs of infants,…

Early childhood partnership spotlight: NC job leads (Q4 2023)

In line with our mission to be collaborative partners that advance policies and build understanding around the intersectional issues impacting early childhood in North Carolina, we do a quarterly roundup of early childhood related career opportunities. This blog will be…