Our leaders must know that children are at the heart of a healthy and thriving state. That’s why yesterday in the Sunday Oregonian, Kali Thorne Ladd, CI’s chief executive officer, and Whitney Grubbs, executive director of Foundations for a Better Oregon, made the...
Moms are tenacious. Moms are strong. And most importantly, moms give all they've got to make sure their kids have what they need. We need tenacity and strength from moms in our movement! We know that a brighter future for our state rests on a foundation of love...
Children’s Institute is pleased to announce its new board chair, Bob Harding. Harding succeeds John Tapogna, who served as chair since 2019. Harding is the president and chief operating officer of Pacific West Bank, leading the bank's strategic direction and...
There were challenges in the child care and early learning space prior to the pandemic, but the crisis has only been magnified over the past two years. HB 4005 was designed to address this crisis, helping our communities throughout the state that need it most....
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard's Center on the Developing Child published Early Childhood Development (ECD 1.0), highlighting the science behind early childhood health and development with a list of resources for parents, caregivers, child care providers,...
A report from Portland State University outlines key findings from Year 1 of the Early Childhood Equity fund program.
President Biden's expanded Child Tax Credit brought 60,000 Oregon children out of poverty.
In 2021, parents, child care providers, and community organizations on Oregon’s Early Childhood Coalition (ECC) advocated for early childhood policies to support young children, families, and communities furthest from justice.
Despite claims to the contrary, the Build Back Better Act envisions an important role for faith-based child care providers.
Oregon's Early Learning Division has released the Early Learning Map for Oregon (ELMO), an interactive data and planning tool that can help schools, community and state agencies, Early Learning Hubs, advocacy groups, and other early learning partners to plan and...
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