Read the full story on Oregonlive. "There's an incredible need, across the board," said Danielle Pacifico-Cogan, director of communications and community engagement at the Children's Institute, a Portland-based non-profit that advocates for young children. This...
The Department of Education has published an unprecedented look at chronic absenteeism, a huge educational crisis in the United States. While early learning is not called out specifically in the study, we know that chronic absence in kindergarten is a...
Read the full story in the Bend Bulletin. “Even at 200 percent, we’re still not going to be reaching enough of the low-income families that should have access to preschool,” Rafael Otto, senior communications and policy associate with the Children’s Institute said....
Stanford professor Sean Reardon is the keynote speaker at Children’s Institute’s Make It Your Business Luncheon on May 18, 2017. Reardon, a Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic...
Stop the Budget Cuts to Children's Education and Health On Monday, April 17, the co-chairs of the state budget writing committee (Ways and Means) released a proposed budget that puts kids at risk. Reductions include: 20 percent cut to Early Learning...
To: Joint Committee on Ways and Means Co-Chairs - Senator Devlin and Representative Nathanson From: Black Parent Initiative, Blue Mountain Early Learning Hub, Building Healthy Families, Children First for Oregon, Children’s Institute, Clackamas County, Early...
The Campaign for Grade Level Reading announced its 5th Annual Pacesetters Honors today and recognized three communities in Oregon among 48 across the nation for working to improve school readiness, school attendance, and summer learning. Lane County The GLR...
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has created state fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage for children with Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. Below is the Oregon...
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has created state fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage for children with Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. Below is the Oregon...
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Thursday, March 23, 2017 to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to replace it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA). AHCA will lead to 14 million Americans losing their health care next year and another 10...
