NC Early Childhood Foundation’s Executive Director, Muffy Grant, had the opportunity to discuss the decline in preschool and kindergarten enrollment that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for families with incomes below $25,000 dollars. In the interview, Muffy…
Loretta Boniti from Sprectrum News spoke with Muffy Grant, Executive Director of NC Early Childhood Foundation, and Susan Perry, Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services about how families are navigating child care and…
Across party lines, voters nationally and in swing states like NC recognize that the early years are a critical time to invest in the education of young children and their families – particularly in a year like this one. 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,…
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.…
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…
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…
There’s no denying it – 2020 made us sit back (literally) and forced us to redesign and rethink a future so that we could respond to the many critical needs in our community. We are all working together to move…
The Alliance for Early Success and Education Counsel shared this afternoon that there was movement in Washington today around a possible short-term COVID relief package. There are several possible options on the table: A small bipartisan group of Senators put…